HSBC (HKG:0005) issued senior unsecured notes under its AU$50 billion debt issuance program, according to a Wednesday Hong Kong bourse filing.
The offering includes AU$450 million fixed-to-floating rate senior unsecured notes due May 2032, AU$400 million fixed-to-floating rate senior unsecured notes due May 2037, and AU$550 million floating rate senior unsecured notes due May 2032.
The bank applied to list the notes on Euronext Dublin and for trading on its Global Exchange Market.
Shenzhen SDMC Technology (HKG:0901) raised HK$570 million in net proceeds from its initial public offering in Hong Kong.The offer price was set at HK$32.80 per H-share, according to a Wednesday filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.The Chinese smart home products provider offered 19.2 million H-shares in the global offering.The Hong Kong public offer was 1,971.99 times subscribed, with a final allocation of 1.9 million shares, representing 10% of the total offering.The international offering was 2.23 times subscribed, with a final allocation of 17.3 million shares, or 90% of the total offering.Shenzhen SDMC Technology is set to debut on the Hong Kong bourse on Wednesday, May 27.
Qfin (HKG:3660) recorded 883.3 million yuan in attributable profit for the first quarter of 2026, falling from 1.80 billion yuan a year earlier, according to a Wednesday filing with the Hong Kong bourse.Earnings per share were 3.58 yuan, compared with 6.31 yuan in the prior year.Revenue fell to 3.91 billion yuan from 4.69 billion yuan a year earlier.
Japanese stocks rose at the open on Wednesday, driven by expectations that the US and Iran will sign a peace deal even as military strikes continue in the Persian Gulf.The Nikkei 225 jumped 781.8 points, or 1.2%, to open at 65,777.87.US President Donald Trump said ceasefire extension and Strait of Hormuz reopening talks are advancing.However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned that any agreement would likely take several more days to finalize, according to various reports.Meanwhile, commercial shipping through the Strait gained modest momentum over the past day, with at least two non-Iranian supertankers leaving the Persian Gulf, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.This marks the first time in a week that four million barrels of unsanctioned crude have been observed crossing the waterway, with vessels departing in clusters followed by lighter flows in subsequent days, the newswire said.