Bank of Communications

It's not often a €1.75bn deal from Volkswagen Leasing is overshadowed in the corporate bond market, though that was the case on Wednesday with Berkshire Hathaway's £1.75bn 20 and 40 year stormer. But Berkshire left euros clear for Volkswagen - it only had Bright Food of China to compete with.

Chinese private higher education provider JH Educational Technology has opened the book for its $98m offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Portugal sold its long-awaited debut Panda bond on Thursday, becoming just the third European sovereign and the first from the eurozone to tap China’s bond market.

CSSC Shipping has commenced bookbuilding for its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Chinese financial services provider Haitong UniTrust has completed its bookbuild for an offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

BOC Aviation, the aircraft leasing group owned by Bank of China, is returning to the offshore loan market, seven months after it sealed a smaller transaction.

Huarong Asset Management Co hired 30 banks to lead its triple tranche transaction on Thursday, relying on some orders from the leads to secure $1.9bn.

Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), one of the three policy banks in China, sold a Rmb3bn ($434m) dim sum bond with a Rmb200m retail portion on Thursday. The issuer added another Rmb1bn offering during bookbuilding thanks to ultra high demand.

Chinese issuers were out in force again in the bond markets on Wednesday, with financial companies ICBC International Holdings and Avic International Leasing Co raising $1.15bn between them.

Haitong UniTrust International Leasing Corp has finally begun bookbuilding for an IPO, more than two years after it first announced plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Three Chinese property companies courted high yield dollar investors on Wednesday, raising a combined $827m.

Sino Biopharmaceutical has increased its refinancing loan to $1bn after receiving a strong response during syndication.