Northeast Asia

The African business unit of China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co, a mainland state-owned company, is tapping the offshore loan market for the first time, seeking $300m.

Hong Kong-listed Country Garden Services Holdings has tapped equity-linked investors for HK$3.88bn ($500m), selling a sub-one year zero coupon convertible bond.

Beijing Enterprises Clean Energy Group (BECE) has returned with a three year renminbi-denominated puttable bond, bringing yet another green transaction to the Panda market.

Property management company Central China New Life carried out accelerated pre-marketing for its Hong Kong IPO this week, said a source close to the deal.

In this round-up, March trading volume soars in the onshore bond market but dips in stocks, China’s industrial profits decline sharply for the first quarter, and the securities regulator says it will not tolerate fraudulent behaviour.

China's Ebang International Holdings, a cryptocurrency mining hardware maker, is planning a US IPO that could raise up to $100m. It follows in the footsteps of Canaan Creative, which listed last November but has since seen its stock price tumble about 53%.

Chinese property developer Times China Holdings used support from reverse enquiry to seal a quick $200m bond on Monday morning that has raised questions about the unusual execution style.

Chinese software company Kingsoft Corp bagged HK$3.1bn ($399.9m) on Thursday from a five year convertible bond. It was the first equity-linked trade in Hong Kong since the coronavirus outbreak in January.

Credit Suisse has been hit hard by the alleged accounting scandal at Nasdaq-listed Luckin Coffee, which is understood to be behind one of the largest loans covered in the bank’s loan loss provisions for the first quarter of 2020.

In this round-up, Shanghai-based companies are being encouraged to take advantage of the city’s Star board, China has pledged another $30m to the World Health Organization and the State Council has urged banks to boost lending to micro and small enterprises.

Kookmin Bank has become the first issuer from South Korea to sell an international public bond to combat the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. While virus-response deals are still just a tiny part of Asia’s debt market, bankers say it is set to grow.

In this round-up, international investors dumped Rmb208.4bn ($29.4bn) of Chinese stocks in March, and state-owned enterprises recorded a huge revenue drop in the first quarter of the year.