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The Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) will suspend its offering of China ministry of finance treasury bond futures after the end of the year, while no official trading data was disclosed for the Bond Connect scheme in the bourse’s 2017 interim results report.

Hong Kong-listed company Samson Paper is back in the loan market, after a two and a half year absence, for a HK$570m ($73m) refinancing.

Quam’s rights issue to raise HK$5.1bn ($656.2m) was under-subscribed, forcing its underwriters to cover the HK$1.2bn shortfall.

Deutsche Bank is arranging an up to $150m syndication for water purification company Ozner Water International Holding, said bankers.

It’s just too bad that not everyone has the social smarts and wherewithal of a well-educated person like me. Because, as I heard on my latest visit to Captain’s Bar, one unfortunate friend recently suffered a social flub which left her speechless.

Investors poured cold water on China Gas’s first outing in the Panda bond market since last October, forcing the energy issuer to pull the longer-term tranche of its Rmb1.5bn ($221.4m) deal on Thursday.

In the latest Clawback, columnist Philippe Espinasse dissects the IPO approval and rejection process in Hong Kong, as the city’s licensed bankers play musical chairs.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is planning to launch a platform for pre-IPO funding of early stage companies using blockchain technology next year, its chief executive said this week.

The Singapore Exchange has admitted its 59th derivatives trading member, I-Access Investors, which is based in Hong Kong.

China Resources Land plans to issue its first mortgage or management fee-backed securities by the end of 2017, chief financial officer James Yu has told GlobalCapital Asia's sister publication GlobalRMB.

Deutsche Bank has lost its Hong Kong-based head of RMB solutions, part of a broader move by international banks away from offshore-specific RMB roles.

HSBC has hired a senior banker from UBS to oversee credit and lending products in its private banking unit in Asia.