Julia Fioretti
Stories by Julia Fioretti
Chinese tech giant Tencent plans $5b dollar bond sale, in Asia’s largest this year
Tencent last tapped the bond market in January last year, in which it raised $5 billion. It plans to launch the latest sale on Wednesday.
Chinese video platform Bilibili launches $621m offering a year after IPO
The company is selling a $300 million seven-year convertible bond and 17.1 million shares, of which 10.55 million are primary.
China drone maker EHang considers $200m private funding instead of US IPO
The five-year old company has decided to put off those plans as it is not ready to go public.
Tencent-backed EV maker NIO blocks 8 banks from working for rivals
The move highlights the fierce competition between China's EV makers as they seek the capital needed to survive in a fast-growing market, also the wor
Asian bankers place bets on follow-on capital raising from newly-listed firms
Many firms that went public last year raised less than they had aimed for as investors pushed back against lofty valuations.
Chinese video-streaming service iQIYI targets raising $1.1b in convertible bonds
Technology companies in search of growth capital have increasingly turned to convertible bonds as a way of raising cheaper debt.
Link REIT raises $510m in largest global green convertible bond issue
Link owns commercial property, car parks, offices and shopping centres in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai.
Chinese drone maker EHang said to raise up to $500m in US IPO
EHang joins a host of other Chinese startups seeking to go public in the US, such as Tencent-backed live game-streaming platform Douyu.
Warburg Pincus-backed ESR said to file for HK IPO of up to $1.5b
The company was valued at almost $5 billion in its last funding round in May 2018.
China’s Luckin Coffee said to tap three banks for US IPO
Credit Suisse is the only bank that has so far won the formal mandate for the IPO which will likely take place early in May or June, or the second hal
