Northeast Asia

More borrowers could look to the Euroyen format as a new funding tool in Japan, after BNP Paribas proved very popular with its offering of non-preferred senior notes this week.

The queue of Chinese companies seeking Hong Kong IPOs continues to grow, with one firm looking for the regulatory greenlight, and another issuer reviving its listing plans this week.

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Interest among Chinese companies to list in the US continues to remain strong, with personal finance company X Financial and internet firm Viomi setting the stage for their IPOs.

Three Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) priced dollar bonds this week, despite a recent default in the onshore debt market.

A pair of Chinese borrowers broke the lull in new loan syndications from north Asia this week, seeking a combined $450m from their latest fundraisings.

Almost six years after China’s asset-backed securities market was rebooted, regulators are still struggling to put together legislation for securitization, casting a shadow over the market’s development, writes Noah Sin.

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Belle International reeled in some five banks in general syndication for its HK$30bn ($3.8bn) loan, with several more commitments left to be processed before the deal is closed.

Chinese technology unicorn Meituan Dianping is gauging appetite for its potential $4bn Hong Kong IPO, which has already received a large amount of interest from US investors. But there are challenges ahead, as the company faces down e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings. Jonathan Breen reports.

China Conch Venture Holdings has bagged HK$3.9bn ($500m) from its debut in the equity-linked market, riding on the back of its surging share price.

China Aoyuan Property Group was back in the offshore market on Wednesday for the fourth time in as many months, using a dual-currency transaction to settle the last $300m of its fundraising quota.