Macquarie Group

Macquarie Capital has hired Fady Lahame as head of France, after hiring an equivalent for the UK earlier this month.

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Bank of China sold another blockbuster Belt and Road transaction on Wednesday, raising $3.8bn across eight tranches of notes in five currencies across five bank branches, It was the largest transaction sold under the BRI label.

Macquarie Capital is hiring a UK co-head, as well as a head of leveraged finance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Macquarie Group is strengthening its global macro strategy team, adding FX specialists to be based at both its Hong Kong and London offices.

Mainland firm Shanghai Gench Education Group is planning to list in Hong Kong and has submitted its draft prospectus to the stock exchange.

Macquarie Group has appointed Paul Plewman regional chief executive for EMEA, replacing David Fass.

In this round-up, China International Capital Corporation UK (CICC UK) became Stock Connect’s first depository receipt conversion institution, S&P and FTSE Russell added China A-shares to their indices, and October capital outflows from China jumped while outflows from other emerging markets stayed flat.

Luzhou City Commercial Bank and Ever Sunshine Lifestyle Services Group kicked off bookbuilding for their respective IPOs as they aim to cross the finish line before the end of the year.

Hong Kong IPO hopefuls Babytree Group and Tongcheng-Elong Holdings announced deals drastically smaller than their initial targets this week. But despite the clear sign of trouble in the market, a few more Chinese companies are considering pushing ahead with their own listings before the end of the month. Jonathan Breen reports.

Four mainland technology companies kicked off pre-deal investor education for their Hong Kong IPOs on Monday, gauging the market’s appetite ahead of bookbuilding in early November, according to sources close to the listings.

Global equity markets were slammed this week, with a rout on Wednesday wiping out all the gains this year in the US. Amid the turmoil, a handful of technology firms were awaiting approvals to list in Hong Kong — some are expected to take a cautious approach but most are gearing up for a last-minute dash to find a closing IPO window. Jonathan Breen reports.