Morgan Stanley

Electric vehicle manufacturer Li Auto sealed a scorching $1.1bn Nasdaq IPO this week, pricing above the marketed range to make it the largest US listing by a Chinese company in nearly two years. The deal proved there is still interest among mainland firms to list in the US, despite rising hostilities between the two countries, writes Jonathan Breen.

Mindspace Business Parks Real Estate Investment Trust wrapped up its Rp45bn ($601.3m) this week, treating India to its second listing in the asset class.

State Grid Corp of China, the world’s largest utility company, raised the equivalent of around $3.3bn from a four-tranche dollar and euro deal on Wednesday.

Chinese property companies Sunac China Holdings and Ronshine China Holdings came to the dollar market on Wednesday, both with four non-call two year bonds. But a smaller deal size helped Ronshine get away with a tight price.

BE Semiconductor, the Dutch semiconductor maker, has followed its peer STM Microtronics into the equity-linked market this week by selling a €150m seven year convertible bond.

Country Garden Holdings Co, one of the biggest Chinese high yield property borrowers, returned to the bond market with a dual tranche deal on Tuesday, raising a combined $1bn from the transaction.

Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto has brought forward the close and pricing of its up to $950m Nasdaq listing after securing heavy demand for the deal.

Chinese pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec has raised HK$7.37bn ($950.4m) of fresh equity, in a hotly-anticipated tap of a new mandate to issue A-shares and H-shares.

Prosus made a barnstorming debut outing in the European bond market after Monday’s dollar trade, with the ecommerce and investment company that straddles investment grade and emerging market investor interest seeing €13.5bn of demand for a €1bn deal.

STMicroelectronics, the French-Italian semiconductor maker, has raised $1.5bn through the sale of new convertible bonds, the company said on Tuesday.

Blackstone-backed Mindspace Business Parks Real Estate Investment Trust has kicked off a Rp45bn ($601.2m) listing in India.

Prosus, the Dutch online consumer and investment company, pushed ahead with the dollar tranche of its planned multi-currency bond outing on Monday, with the borrower relying on the interest garnered during last week’s roadshow to smooth over jitters about the volatility in wider markets.