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Chinese startup Dida, a ride-sharing platform, is looking to float on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, having filed a draft prospectus with the bourse.

Bank of Communications has hired Raymond Yip to its loans team in Hong Kong.

Sometimes, it seems, the best way to get to know a friend is not through drinks, but from the news.

Weihai City Commercial Bank has bagged HK$2.9bn ($374.2m) after pricing its IPO at the bottom of the marketed range, according to a source close to the deal.

Chinese companies Simcere Pharmaceutical Group and First Service Holdings have started testing investor appetite for their Hong Kong IPOs.

Excellence Commercial Property and Facilities Management Group has hit the road with its IPO in Hong Kong. It is looking to raise up to HK$3.2bn ($413.4m).

Hong Kong’s stock exchange has named an interim replacement for chief executive Charles Li, who is stepping down at the end of the year after more than a decade leading the bourse.

Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co has raised HK$7.86bn ($1.01bn) after a primary share sale which drew strong demand from its existing investors, said a source familiar with the matter.

China’s Weihai City Commercial Bank has launched its Hong Kong IPO and is aiming to raise HK$3.1bn ($397.3m) from the deal.

JD Health International, the healthcare unit of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, has submitted an IPO application to Hong Kong’s stock exchange.

China’s Minth Group, an auto parts company, has closed its debut loan at a bigger size of $200m.

Biopharmaceutical firm Everest Medicines has hit the road for its up to HK$3.5bn ($451m) Hong Kong IPO.