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Natixis has appointed Chaoni Huang as a director of green and sustainable solutions for Asia Pacific, according to a Monday press release.

In this round-up, China’s Politburo meets to discuss the policy priorities for 2018, Shenzhen Stock Exchange in talks over ETF Connect, and HSBC expands its A-shares coverage from its onshore securities joint venture.

Public Financial Holdings has returned to the Hong Kong dollar loan market for a HK$1.1bn ($141m) refinancing.

Europe looks ripe for a wave of takeovers by Chinese companies in 2018, as the country becomes more willing to countenance dealmaking overseas after its recent pullback.

The end of the year awards season can be tense for everyone. It's hard to enjoy the lengthy meetings, endless pitches and repeat questions about the same deals over and over. So if a banker can take the meetings a little less seriously, it makes for a very refreshing change.

Deutsche Bank has merged its equity capital markets and strategic equity transactions group in Asia Pacific, with the move leading to some senior changes in the team, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Hong Kong-based infrastructure company CK Infrastructure sold its first euro corporate bond issue on Tuesday, despite having owned a variety of utilities and infrastructure companies across Europe for more than seven years. The response was solid if not overwhelming.

Nissin Foods Co has raised HK$950.8m ($121.6m) from its IPO after pricing the shares just off the bottom of guidance, according to a source close to the deal.

Hong Kong’s equity market is finally shaking off its fusty image as a home for unloved Chinese IPOs, with overstuffed bank syndicates and cornerstone tranches, and friends and family deals increasingly becoming a thing of the past. There will be naysayers, but all the signs show that the change is here to stay.

Indonesian power producer Paiton Energy returned to the international debt market on Monday to add another $100m to its August bonds, in a bid to extend its debt maturity profile.

Regulators in Hong Kong and mainland China are in no urgency to launch a primary equity link, also known as IPO Connect, senior executives at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) have said.

Market participants in Hong Kong have welcomed plans by regulators to introduce investor identification (ID) for northbound Stock Connect transactions, noting that the proposal strikes a balance between regulatory transparency and market efficiency.