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In this round-up, Ren Zhengfei warns employees of Huawei’s fragile situation, Hong Kong tension rages and Goldman Sachs is working to become the third foreign bank to have a majority-owned JV onshore

Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) (USI), a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, is making its debut in the offshore market for a $300m-equivalent loan.

Emerging market consumer lender Home Credit will list on Hong Kong’s stock exchange in early October, despite political unrest-driven volatility that has scared off other issuers, according to a source close to the deal. Jonathan Breen reports.

CLSA, the international arm of China’s Citic Securities, has recently made three senior hires in its global debt financing team.

Being a banker is no longer about being book smart, but more about being street smart, in the age of phishing scams.

Sunac China Holdings has raised a $280m loan term from five lenders.

China introduced its new benchmark rate, the loan prime rate (LPR), over the weekend, with the first rate published on Tuesday. The reform, which aims to help companies lower their funding costs, is likely to boost the onshore market but will make the already slow offshore market even more difficult.

Far East Consortium International (FEC) is in talks with banks to raise a bridge facility of around HK$1bn ($127m) to support its acquisition of a land plot in Kai Tak, this site of Hong Kong's old airport, from the government.

In this round-up, the People’s Bank of China announced a new benchmark rate for loans, a reported 1.7 million people held a rally in Hong Kong on Sunday and the issuance of Chinese onshore credit bonds climbed in July

In this round-up, China’s money and credit growth disappointed, industrial production growth plunged and Hong Kong Stock Exchange posted lower trading fees but higher listing fees for July.

In this round-up, the Office of the US Trade Representative postponed imposing 10% tariffs on selected Chinese imports, protesters paralysed Hong Kong airport for two days and Shanghai said it would allow foreign employees to receive stock options on the A-share market.

Macau casino operator MGM China has raised its first unsecured borrowing, joining a handful of companies raising straight loans to replace outstanding secured facilities. Bankers think that plenty more casinos will take a punt on the format. Pan Yue reports.