Hong Kong SAR

Hong Kong financial investment firm Sun Hung Kai & Co is in the market with a guaranteed Reg S dollar bond, to be issued by a wholly-owned subsidiary.

i-Cable Communications has wrapped up its open offer, but received an underwhelming response from shareholders, according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) has rolled out a HK$17bn ($2.17bn) loan for its acquisition of Alinta Energy.

A former Goldman Sachs banker has decided to come out of retirement to join Standard Chartered in a senior management position.

Red chip Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) has picked JP Morgan First Capital (JPMFC) to underwrite its debut Panda bond on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). The deal came after JP Morgan exited the joint venture (JV) earlier this year.

Veteran investment banker Chris Howe will join Credit Suisse at the end of September as head of fixed income trading for Asia Pacific.

Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai & Co is courting investors this week for a new dollar bond offering.

Royal Dynasty International Holding Co, a leading Chinese restaurant chain manager which counts Morgan Stanley among its largest shareholders, is planning to list in Hong Kong.

Société Générale has appointed Florian Dumas for the newly-created role of head of financial institutions sales for global markets fixed income and currencies in Asia Pacific.

China Securities Regulatory Commission says stock exchanges should take up a more active regulatory role, the discipline commission puts anti-graft official stationed at the Ministry of Finance under investigation, and an index by Bank of China shows an uptick in cross-border renminbi activity in the second quarter.

A pair of toy retailers are hoping to list in Hong Kong, filing their respective IPO applications with the stock exchange recently. Investors could be forgiven for confusing the two.

Saudi Arabia considers issuing its first Panda bond, Ministry of Finance (MoF) plans to roll over Rmb600bn ($90.1bn) of debt by issuing special treasury bonds, and the Chinese premier piles pressure on state-owned enterprises (SOEs) directly owned by the State Council to deleverage more rapidly.