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Wise Talent Information Technology Co, owner of recruitment website Liepin.com, has bagged HK$2.9bn ($369.6m) after pricing its Hong Kong IPO near the top of guidance.

Ebang International Holdings has emerged as the second cryptocurrency mining hardware maker to file for a Hong Kong IPO, following in the footsteps of its much larger rival Canaan.

Chinese bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan is planning a mid-July launch of its up to $2bn Hong Kong IPO, according to a banker on the trade.

Commitments from a 15-strong syndicate group has allowed China’s Kingboard Chemical Holdings to increase its loan to HK$7bn ($892m) from HK$6bn.

Online travel service provider Tongcheng-Elong Holdings is seeking up to $900m from a listing in Hong Kong, according to a source close to the transaction.

Xiaomi has covered its whopping HK$48bn ($6.1bn) listing thanks to a strong flow of early orders, according to a book message sent out on Friday morning, a day after bookbuilding kicked off.

HSBC has named Hemant Lodha as head of the financing solutions group, debt capital markets, Asia Pacific, with immediate effect, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

CMB International Capital Corp is slowly but steadily gaining ground in Asia’s bond market with a new — and fast growing — debt capital markets team in place. But what will it take for CMBI to be a real competitor to both international and other Chinese firms? Morgan Davis finds out.

Jiangxi Bank Co has raised HK$7.48bn ($953m) from its Hong Kong IPO, pricing the shares towards the top of guidance thanks to a big group of flexible investors.

After four years, it’s Fifa World Cup time again — which means football shirts, beers, endless pub hours, lots of yelling, shouting and fighting, and of course, the always unrealised hopes of a victory.

Qeeka Home, an online interior design and construction platform, kicked off bookbuilding this week for a HK$2.18bn ($277.6m) IPO.

Chinese technology giant Xiaomi Corp kicked off bookbuilding for its up to HK$48bn ($6.1bn) Hong Kong IPO on Thursday, set to be the largest globally in nearly two years, after a series of twists and turns that put it firmly on the market’s radar. Jonathan Breen reports.