JP Morgan

China SCE Property Holdings scooped up HK$1.6bn ($204.5m) from an overnight block on Thursday that was timed to perfection, taking advantage of a share price rally to its highest point for the year.

Zai Lab is set to kick off roadshows on Tuesday for its $150m IPO on the Nasdaq, according to a banker leading the transaction.

The European leveraged finance market is set to contend with loan deals approaching €4bn for the start of September. Over half of that is for the German pharmaceutical firm Stada — a deal that could help make funding more expensive for everyone else, writes Victor Jimenez.

Best, a logistics firm backed by Alibaba, started pre-marketing its $1bn IPO on the New York Stock Exchange this week, as a clutch of Chinese issuers also filed listing applications in the US.

Neinor Homes, the Spanish builder, has chosen its first international bank as a lender this week, instead of a domestic bank. Its CEO, Juan Velayor, explained why to GlobalCapital.

The bookrunners on logistics company Best’s potential $1bn US IPO have kicked off pre-marketing, according to a banker working on the deal.

Kommunalbanken will bring a dollar benchmark in a defensive tenor on Wednesday, which a banker on the deal said is the perfect product for investors amid rising geopolitical tensions. The trade also offers an attractive spread over US Treasuries, the banker added, despite a tightening in swap spreads — although other bankers said that tightening meant larger issuers should consider longer dated deals.

Spanish builder Neinor Homes will accelerate a land purchase programme after signing a new loan with JP Morgan, it said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) is set to go on the road to promote its third sustainability bond. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has also unveiled plans to return to SRI this year.

Red chip Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) has picked JP Morgan First Capital (JPMFC) to underwrite its debut Panda bond on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). The deal came after JP Morgan exited the joint venture (JV) earlier this year.

China Great Wall Asset Management stumbled into secondary trading late on Friday after its new dollar deal hit delays due to confusion over coupon payment dates.

Korea’s Kookmin Bank is eyeing a return to the dollar bond market, meeting with investors this week to gauge interest in a senior deal.