Northeast Asia

Kingdee International Software Group has raised HK$2.38bn ($306.5m) from an overnight placement of new stock.

Investors are still keen to buy bonds from Hong Kong corporations, with their interest reflected in the solid support for deals from Hongkong Electric Co and Nan Fung International Holdings on Thursday.

China Jianyin Investment (JIC) and Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Industrial Investment Group were among two Mainland Chinese companies to sell dollar bonds on Thursday.

M&G Real Estate Asia has received a W115bn ($96m) green loan from OCBC Bank to finance a green building in South Korea.

Genius Auto Finance sealed a Rmb4.5bn ($651m) three tranche auto loan securitization trade on Thursday, setting the stage for a steady revival of the Chinese auto ABS market.

China’s Zijin Mining Co has returned to the loan market for an $800m deal to refinance a borrowing used for its acquisition of Nevsun Resources.

Casino developer Wynn Macau has made a rapid return to the bond market for an $850m deal, riding on an uplift in sentiment following the slow easing of travel restrictions to the Asian gambling hub.

A recent rule change by China's regulators to disclose bond bookbuilding extensions shows that more and more issuers are pushing the bookbuilding periods for their onshore bonds amid a rise in volatility.

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Yangzhou Urban Construction State-Owned Assets Holding (Group) Co continued the tight pricing trend for recent bonds from Chinese local government financing vehicles with a 68bp tightening.

Chinese biotechnology start-up HBM Holdings has filed for approval to float on Hong Kong’s stock exchange.