Northeast Asia

CMB International and South Korea’s SK Innovation were taking bids for their dollar bonds on Monday, but despite the early start to the activity, debt bankers expect little else to follow.

The China Europe International Exchange (Ceinex) has released detailed guidelines for Chinese blue-chip issuers hoping to list in Frankfurt through D-shares.

In this round-up, Chinese premier Li Keqiang landed in Germany on Sunday to discuss trade and cooperation, Tradeweb is planning a mid-July solution for executing block trades on the Bond Connect platform, and China increased total qualified domestic institutional investor quotas last month.

Tencent Holdings is planning to list its digital music distribution arm in the US, according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday.

Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company has increased its latest offshore borrowing to HK$1.409bn ($180m).

Beijing hits back at Trump’s tariffs, the chiefs of the People’s Bank of China reassure investors that China is ready for market turbulence, and the central bank announces improvements to Bond Connect’s northbound trading and Panda bond issuance.

Two global asset managers move closer to tapping China’s private fund market, AllianceBernstein appoints new CEO for its onshore operations, and the FX watchdog gives out $1bn of quota for the qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) programme.

CCB Financial Leasing Corp sold the only dollar bond from Asia ex-Japan this week, raising $400m from a five year floating rate note on Thursday. But bankers and analysts said that the once robust demand for the format is already showing signs of decreasing.

The quality of Asian high yield bond covenants dropped to an all-time low in the last quarter. Chinese property developers, making the most of a buoyant market, have been cited as the biggest cause. But as the region’s primary bond market continues to struggle, it’s unclear if that push for looser standards can continue.

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings has closed a $305m offshore loan with three lenders.

Credit Suisse has been fined $77m by the US authorities to settle charges around its hiring of friends and family of Chinese government officials to win investment banking business.

Mainland real estate services firm E-House China Enterprise Holdings launched bookbuilding on Friday for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise up to HK$5.7bn ($727.2m).