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JP Morgan has hired Jonas Troeber as its new head of equity syndicate for Australia and New Zealand, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Zhongsheng Group Holdings is issuing a HK$3.88bn ($500m) zero-coupon convertible bond to fund the repurchase of an outstanding CB.

Chinese battery maker Leoch International Technology has returned to the loan market for a $100m refinancing.

Online payments platform Yeahka has begun stirring up investor interest in its Hong Kong IPO, which is set to be launched next week, according to a source close to the deal.

China Resources Gas Group's stock price dropped by nearly 7% on Tuesday, following an equity fundraising the day before.

Chinese oil and gas company MIE Holdings Corp has missed interest payment on a dollar bond during the grace period, triggering cross-defaults on its loan facilities. The firm has been hit hard by tumbling oil prices this year, putting pressure on its liquidity.

China-based Kintor Pharmaceutical has kicked off bookbuilding for its Hong Kong listing, the latest in a stream of healthcare IPOs in the city. The issuer is targeting HK$1.86bn ($240.1m) in proceeds.

Peijia Medical bagged HK$2.34bn ($302m) from its IPO after winning huge support from institutional and retail investors, according to a source close to the deal.

Chinese company Kingsoft Cloud Holdings has raised $510m after boosting the size of its Nasdaq float.

China YuHua Education Corp’s controlling shareholder raised HK$1.58bn ($203.8m) from a block sale of the company's shares on Thursday evening. The firm's stock slumped nearly 10% after the transaction.

Citi has raised HK$2.3bn ($300m) from a cash-settled exchangeable bond that uses Chinese property company Longfor Group Holdings as the reference stock, offering the market a rare structure for the first EB in the region this year.

A pair of investors in Chinese hotpot chain Haidilao International Holding sold a chunk of shares in the company on Wednesday, netting HK$1.56bn ($201.3m) from the trade.