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China First Capital Group is planning to raise as much as HK$796.2m ($102.7m) from a placement, according to a filing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Drug company Jacobson Pharma Corp has fired up its Hong Kong listing, which could raise up to HK$753m ($97.1m).

Inner Mongolia Energy Engineering Co is planning to float in Hong Kong, filing a draft prospectus with the city’s stock exchange on Monday.

Clawback turns his focus to cornerstones. Once a useful tool for creating demand, the process has morphed into a kind of insurance policy for IPOs, writes Philippe Espinasse.

American International Group stirred up the equity market over the weekend, offloading its remaining stake in China’s PICC Property and Casualty Co through a HK$1.5bn ($193.4m) block.

Postal Savings Bank of China has tacked on some 20 bookrunners to the syndicate group for its long awaited $8bn IPO in Hong Kong, which is set to begin pre-deal investor education on Monday.

Two Hong Kong-based loans bankers from Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Asia Pacific debt solutions team have left the firm.

In this round-up, a third batch of free trade zones (FTZs) get set to be rolled out soon, Hong Kong RMB deposits reach a three-year low, and the RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme adds two in Singapore. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB's stories this week.

Hong Kong-based investment company Tai United Holdings is planning a HK$3.0bn ($386.8m) rights issue, according to a filing with the stock exchange.

Cogobuy Group raised HK$3.4bn ($435.8m) via a placement on Thursday that had Hong Kong International Securities as the sole placing agent, according to a stock exchange filing.

China's GF Securities is planning to increase the size of its syndicated loan to between HK$8bn ($1bn) and HK$12bn from the HK$4bn it had originally sought.

Dollar investors are getting the chance to assess two first-time issuers, with Emperor International Holdings and Union Life Insurance hitting the road.