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Bank of Jinzhou bagged HK$7.5bn ($970m) from investors last Friday, completing an H-share private placement it had announced back in March.

The Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) has recommended the city to speed up the implementation of Bond Connect to strengthen its position as a global offshore renminbi hub.

Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Corp priced its Hong Kong IPO at the low end of its marketing range last week, netting HK$673.5m ($86.8m).

Australian casino tycoon James Packer sold his stake in Melco Crown Entertainment, his Asian joint venture with Hong Kong magnate Stanley Ho, in a $669.9m overnight bookbuild on Thursday.

Natixis has named a new global markets head for Asia Pacific, while Standard Chartered has recruited an outsider to run financial markets.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp has taken plans to list Sinopec Marketing Co out of cold storage, this time with a much bigger fundraising target of $10bn.

An extensive marketing effort helped debut issuer LR Capital Group seal a $150m deal on Tuesday, as books opened with sufficient anchor orders.

Meitu, creator of the popular Chinese selfie editing app, failed to live up to its promise when the stock debuted on Thursday in Hong Kong, shedding as much as 2%.

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UBS is set to lose its co-head of ECM solutions for Asia at the end of the year, sources told GlobalCapital Asia this week. His departure comes two months after the bank said Hong Kong's regulator was investigating it for its role in IPOs, though the two events are thought to be unrelated.

Hong Kong-based AMTD has found its way into the league table for Asia’s top 50 DCM bookrunners just one year after kicking off its capital markets and advisory business. For Calvin Choi, chairman, this is only the beginning. In an interview with Asiamoney’s Rashmi Kumar, Choi shares his plans for the firm including international expansion and a potential listing.

Citi is boosting links between its private bank, and corporate and investment bank, naming Kevin Lam as Asia Pacific business development head between the two divisions.