Hong Kong SAR

When I was a young debt banker, I hated Jimmy Carter. I was a cigar-chomping, ambitious yuppie with a Patek and a Rolodex that could choke an elephant, while he was a peanut-farming pinko with a charisma deficit.

Xinyi Energy Holdings, an owner and operator of Chinese solar farms, has received a boost on its second attempt at listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Chaoni Huang has left her job leading Natixis’ sustainability efforts in Asia Pacific.

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) sold a three month Rmb10bn ($1.48bn) tranche and a one year Rmb10bn tranche in Hong Kong on May 15, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Wednesday. The central bank has again chosen an interesting time for the announcement and the tender.

Haitong UniTrust has launched pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong IPO, as the Chinese financier looks to make it fourth time lucky for its deal.

The Hong Kong government is readying its highly anticipated debut green bond, kicking off investor meetings this week.

HSBC’s global banking and markets division registered a small rise in income in its first quarter results announced on Friday. Transaction banking lines helped outweigh revenue declines in trading and the global banking business.

Viva Biotech Holdings has pulled off an impressive HK$1.52bn ($194m) Hong Kong IPO, striking retail gold as the local public swamped the deal, grabbing half of the stock for themselves. The high level of retail interest is a rarity for IPOs in the city and something that is often unwanted, bringing potential wild price swings to a stock soon after listing, say some bankers. But others foresee enough institutional demand to swallow any bulk selling in the first days of trading. Jonathan Breen reports.

Duiba Group raised $667m after concluding its second attempt at listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

I remember a time when dressing in casual clothes was something that horrified bankers, not excited them. Not anymore.

Software company Kingsoft Corp plans to spin off and list Beijing Office Software on Shanghai’s new technology board, pulling its initial plan to float the subsidiary on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s junior ChiNext board.

Components manufacturer Impro Precision Industries this week began its third attempt to float on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.