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Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Ping An Group, will launch bookbuilding for its Hong Kong IPO next week, according to a source close to the deal. -
The World Bank has raised HK$1bn ($127.39m) from its debut green bond denominated in Hong Kong dollars, making it the first supranational issuer to sell a syndicated green bond in the city.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Shu Nagata and Tucker Highfield as co-heads of Asia Pacific equity capital markets, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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A shareholder of Hong Kong-listed Far East Horizon raked in HK$1.8bn ($231.5m) from an overnight placement in which one investor bid for the entire trade.
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UBS has appointed senior equity capital markets banker Hannah Malter to the position of Asia head of ECM syndicate, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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Nomura’s head of equity syndicate for Asia ex-Japan Ortwin Gierhake is no longer with the firm, sources close to the matter said.
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China rejects suggestions that it is speeding up liberalisation due to US pressure, regulators tout the rebooting of outbound investment channels, and China International Capital Corporation (CICC) and KraneShares make an ETF tracking Chinese internet companies available in renminbi.
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Tucker Highfield, Credit Suisse’s head of equity syndicate for Asia ex-Japan, has left the firm to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch, according to sources.
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Citi has appointed one of its most senior bankers Angel Ng as head of Hong Kong and Macau, according to a press release on Friday.
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China Jinmao Holdings hit the Panda market for the first time in 2018 on Wednesday, raising Rmb3bn ($476.9m). The three year bond priced just one basis point above a Panda of the same tenor sold by another real estate issuer a week earlier.
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Hong Kong’s annual Rugby Sevens tournament has just ended, leaving bankers, executives and journalists nursing terrible hangovers and promising that next year will be different.
