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Mizuho has added a new member to its debt syndication team for pan-Asia, with Jennifer Wang starting her new role on Monday.

Datang Environment Industry Group Co has refiled its IPO application with the Hong Kong bourse almost a year after its first attempt at a listing, but this time without Morgan Stanley as a joint sponsor.

Hong Kong listed China Resources Cement Holdings has received the greenlight from the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (Nafmii) for its first outing in China’s Panda bond market.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is preparing to launch a new system for controlling excess volatility in the market, following in the footsteps of other global bourses with circuit breakers.

In this round up, Stock Connect flows boosted by Shenzhen Connect announcement, mutual recognition of funds (MRF) broadens fund selection, and Bank of China’s cross-border RMB index picks up in June. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB's top stories this week.

The older I get, the more I realise that there’s absolutely no pleasing some of us — be it retired chaps like me or the young’uns still in the game.

The upcoming launch of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect will give offshore investors access to close to 90% of China’s domestic stock market. Now the focus for the mutual market access (MMA) scheme will turn to new products including ETFs and bonds.

South Korea’s bourse has given Doosan Bobcat the go ahead for its IPO, as Ping An Insurance Group’s shareholders also waved through its plan to list Ping An Securities Co in Hong Kong.

Anna Lui has been appointed head of debt capital markets for Hong Kong at ING.

The unveiling of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect this week was accompanied by a series of changes to what is already in place in terms of the overall linkage framework. Here is our lowdown on what you need to know about the initiative.

China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co has wrapped up a multiple times oversubscribed rights issue, netting HK$9.5bn ($1.2bn), according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The approval of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect came with a number of changes to the overall structure of the cross-border investment scheme. Markets are now debating the appeal and challenges of the new set-up.