Hong Kong SAR

CMGE Technology Group and Haitong UniTrust International Leasing are keeping their IPO plans alive, having resubmitted applications to the Hong Kong's stock exchange.

Shanghai Dongzheng Automotive Finance Co has relaunched its Hong Kong IPO with a fixed offer price after putting the deal on hold last week to trim the size.

Sun Car Insurance Agency pulled its Hong Kong listing just hours after the end of book building, as the market waited for pricing. It is instead considering floating on the new Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Board.

China Education Group Holdings tapped the equity-linked market on Thursday, raising HK$2.35bn ($300m) from its first convertible bond.

Chinese online educator Koolearn Technology Holdings has wrapped up its Hong Kong IPO to the tune of HK$1.68bn ($213.9m), after pricing at the mid-point of the marketing range, according to a source close to the deal.

Chinese menswear company Mulsanne Group Holding is planning to list in Hong Kong, having filed a draft prospectus with the city’s stock exchange.

CLSA took a hit this week after its long-serving chief executive officer, Jonathan Slone, and the bank’s chief operating officer both resigned, barely two weeks after chairman Tang Zhenyi also quit. The firm is caught in a struggle with its Chinese state-backed owner, Citic Securities, with the pair’s different approaches to investment banking a major sticking point. Jonathan Breen reports.

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has raised D2.33tr ($100.9m) after increasing a block sale of Vincom Retail shares.

Deutsche Bank has scored a former Credit Suisse banker to jointly lead its execution services in the Asia Pacific region.

HSBC’s co-head of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific, Alexis Adamczyk, is set to leave the bank this week after it decided to coalesce the team under a single leader, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Shanghai Dongzheng Automotive Finance Co launched bookbuilding for a potential HK$3.36bn ($428m) IPO last week but it has now put the deal on hold. The company plans to cut the size before restarting next week.

CIMC Financial Leasing, the leasing unit of China International Marine Containers, has debuted in the offshore loan market with a $180m three year facility.