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Bank of Zhengzhou, one of China’s biggest commercial lenders, has filed an application to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) via joint sponsors Bocom International and Citic CLSA Securities.

China Development Bank sealed a $1.56bn dual-currency bond on September 29, coming to the market on a day of immense volatility in global stocks. But anchor orders helped save the deal, which saw very little demand from international investors.

China Development Bank opened books on September 29 for a dollar-euro combo, taking advantage of a small issuance window before China begins its Golden Week holidays on Thursday.

Hengtou Securities is braving turbulent markets by launching a HK$1.69bn ($218.07m) IPO in Hong Kong on Tuesday, even as sell-downs intensified in several of the city’s biggest brokers.

Bank of China Hong Kong took the market by surprise on September 29 when it announced in the morning that it had successfully completed its Rmb1bn ($157m) Panda bond. That meant BOCHK, whose deal had been expected to run alongside a similar trade from HSBC that also priced on Tuesday, was able to claim the position of the first foreign bank to issue in China’s domestic bond market.

Hengtao Securities has received listing approval from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) for its $200m IPO, but is yet to fix dates for marketing as issuers and bankers continue to take a watch-and-wait stance on the market.

China Development Bank is set to meet investors from September 21 in Europe ahead of issuing bonds in multiple currencies.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) introduced a new structure into Asia’s debt market this week, becoming the first issuer to sell bonds backed by loans. Some investors shied away from the unfamiliar format, but the Chinese policy bank raised $1bn from the dual tranche offering.

Asian bond issuers have finally decided to venture back into the market with a trio of investment grade names opening books to dollar deals. Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim), Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Korea Development Bank are vying for attention in the first test of investor demand in three weeks.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) has mandated banks for a US dollar bond, which will be issued under an MTN programme that comes backed by loans.

Citic Capital Holdings has wrapped up its latest fundraising at HK$3bn ($387m), higher than the launch size of HK$1.80bn thanks to solid demand. The outcome was largely predicted by bankers as the company’s previous loan too was oversubscribed.

Banks are processing approvals for a loan of around $300m to back the purchase of Ciro’s Plaza in Shanghai.