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Standard Chartered has lost its Asia head of primary ABS, GlobalCapital has learnt.

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A pair of large block trades this week showed the depth of Hong Kong’s equity capital market, with more than $3bn raised by conglomerate China Evergrande Group and European food products company Danone. Jonathan Breen reports.

SF Real Estate Investment Trust has raised HK$2.59bn ($333.4m) through a rare trust IPO in Hong Kong.

Chinese financial institutions are leading a revival in Asia’s loan market as they take advantage of a shift in market dynamics to tackle their refinancing needs. Borrowers from other industries are also likely to join the action before long — if only to get ahead of a possible US interest rate hike after a rise in inflation, writes Pan Yue.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s newly unveiled Green and Sustainable Finance Grant Scheme is big on ambition but falls short on some areas that are growing in importance.

Cathay Pacific Airways has sold its first dollar bond in more than 20 years, battling suppressed business over the last two years to raise $650m from the long-overdue deal.

New Hope Service Holdings, a Chinese property manager, has launched its Hong Kong listing of up to HK$940m ($121m). It already has the support of Xiaomi Corp and Ke Holdings.

Nomura has named Oliver Holt as head of debt syndicate for Asia ex-Japan, succeeding veteran banker Alister Moss, who is taking on a new position at the bank.

One of Citi's Asia Pacific debt syndicate co-heads has left the bank, GlobalCapital Asia has learnt.

Hong Kong's embattled Cathay Pacific Airways is gauging the market’s response for a new dollar bond, its first international outing in more than two decades.

Property developer and manager Kaisa Group Holdings has raised HK$2.59bn ($332.97m) from shareholders of its Hong Kong listed stock, to be partly used to fund an acquisition.