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Qatar National Bank Group has opened a Hong Kong branch in a move to further expand its global presence.

Activity in the recruitment market for sustainable capital markets experts has ticked up this year, as banks looking to staff up in this area see a small but growing talent pool to tap. A recent hire by Santander in London is a good example.

Baker McKenzie has hired capital markets and M&A partner Victoria Lloyd in Hong Kong.

If you are like me, an English football fan living in Hong Kong, it has been a month of cheering, cursing, singing and over-imbibing.

Chinese biotechnology company Brii Biosciences has raised HK$2.48bn ($319.7m) from its Hong Kong IPO, after pricing the deal at the top of the marketed range.

Hongkong Land Co sold its debut $500m green bond on Tuesday, with support from ESG focused investors helping it achieve tight pricing.

International law firm CMS has hired Christopher Whiteley as a partner in its finance group, as it looks to boost its capital markets and derivatives focus.

Santander has appointed a new head of sustainable capital markets in London: Victoria Land, until recently head of APAC sustainable banking at Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s stock exchange is planning to launch a new platform to cut the IPO settlement process, often criticised for being longer than on other global bourses.

Bank of China has notched yet another first in Asia’s debt market. The firm’s Hong Kong arm has raised Rmb1.5bn ($232m) from an offshore dim sum bond tagged as a ‘sustainable and smart living’ green deal, aimed at meeting the Mainland’s ambitious carbon neutrality goals.

Xpeng bagged HK$14bn ($1.8bn) this week from the first secondary listing in Hong Kong by a Chinese electric vehicle maker.

Crédit Agricole has tapped Romain Voisin as head of the energy and infrastructure group for Asia, replacing Quentin Slight, who has relocated to London.