Corporate issuances are increasing in the offshore Renminbi bond market, despite challenges around rates, liquidity and diversification; Hong Kong is poised to benefit.

Investment bank Kenanga has launched warrants tracking the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index and Tech Index, which saw a trading volume of $48.9m in their first week.

The DRs represent HKEX-listed Chinese firms including Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi.

FA reveals the industry winners of the Best Companies Poll 2025.

Analysts are betting that US president Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will strike a deal, which would spur US players to buy Chinese stocks, just as overall sentiment for mainland China and Hong Kong improves.

FA understands the bank is making a number of senior leadership changes and hires across ECM, investment banking and technology, in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and San Francisco; including Apac Equity Syndicate leader and head of SEA ECM.

Slowing loans, M&A and ECM hit banks' fees last year. Technology, exports and bonds are bright spots, while Hong Kong is increasingly being seen as a place to raise foreign capital. PBOC's governor Pan Gongsheng wants a proactive policy approach.

Insighta, valued at $200m, uses a system designed to detect DNA methylation aberrations in cell-free DNA in bodily fluids such as blood; Prenetics has reduced its stake in the firm.

The moves, which will allow mainland Chinese investors to trade the stock, follow Alibaba's recent primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

A strong debut last week by jewellery retailer Laopu Gold has put the spring back into the step of Hong Kong’s hitherto lacklustre IPO market. Can it last?