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The fund manager will spend $135m on the construction of solar farms in New Zealand, providing much needed additional renewable electricity to the country’s national grid.

The Hong Kong hedge fund has taken the difficult decision after 16 years of trading, as the SFC prosecutes the firm, chief investment officer Simon Sandler, and a former trader, for insider trading.

The global private equity firm's fifth Japanese buyout fund is targeting sectors including technology, media, telecoms, retail and healthcare, and is 70% larger than its previous fund.

The proceedings against the Hong Kong-based hedge fund, its chief investment officer and a former trader, relate to the dealing of shares listed on the HKEX prior to a block trade in June 2017.

The US law firm's Hong Kong partnership is to separate from the international arm of Mayer Brown, and take on its previous name, Johnson Stokes & Master.

While a smaller size signalled a yet-to-rebound Hong Kong stock market, Lianlian is the first fintech firm to be approved by the CSRC since its registration-based new rules.

This marks the second sustainability-linked panda bond issuance, after the Rmb1bn offering from CapitaLand Investment earlier this year in March.

The financial arm of Hyundai Motor Group is also planning for regular bond issuances in several local currencies, including Japanese yen.

From May, investors will have access to equity and fixed income mutual funds, managed by global players Amundi, BlackRock, Dimensional Fund Advisors and PIMCO.