Report Summary Industry Investment Rating - No industry investment rating is provided in the report. Core Viewpoints - The fixed - income market shows mixed performance. New issues generally tightened, while the secondary IG space was largely unchanged. Greater China high - beta credits were mostly stable, and there were price movements in various bonds across different regions [2]. - LGFVs had a mixed performance, with demand for higher - grade USD issues but lackluster performance for higher - yielding names due to supply jams. Trading volumes were thin ahead of US consumer inflation data [3]. Section Summaries Market Performance - **Yesterday's Performance**: The new NSINTW 5 7/8 03/17/41 tightened up to 15bps from RO at T + 185 and closed 10bps tighter. Other TW lifers CATLIFs/SHIKON/FUBON closed 1 - 2bps tighter. The new KHFC 3 7/8 09/17/30 and the new KOMATS 4.196 30 tightened 2 - 3bps. Secondary IG space was largely unchanged. In Chinese properties, VNKRLE 27 - 29s were down 0.5pt, and GRNLGR 28 - 31s were 0.3 - 0.5pt lower. LNGFOR 28 - 32s were 0.2 - 0.3pt higher. Japanese insurance hybrids and AT1s were up 0.3pt, and their Yankee counterparts were 0.1pt firmer. The new SMPHPM 4.75 09/16/30 was 0.1pt higher than RO at 99.8. PTTGC 51 - 52s tightened 1 - 13bps [2]. - **This Morning's Performance**: The new NSINTW 5 7/8 03/17/41 tightened another 7bps. The rest of TW lifers CATLIFs/SHIKON/FUBON were 2 - 5bps tighter. The recent HYUELE 28 - 30s were 1 - 2bps tighter. BBLTB sub - curve tightened 5bps. The recent MUFG Perp/SUMILIF 55/FUKOKU rose 0.5 - 1pt. HYSAN 7.2 PERP was up 0.5pt. TOPTBs were unchanged [4]. - **Top Performers and Underperformers**: Top performers included CCAMCL 5 02/08/48 (up 3.0), FAEACO 12.814 PERP (up 2.9), etc. Top underperformers included BIMLVN 7 3/8 05/07/26 (down 0.7), VNKRLE 3 1/2 11/12/29 (down 0.5), etc. [5] Macro News - On Thursday, S&P (+0.85%), Dow (+1.36%) and Nasdaq (+0.72%) were higher. The US Aug'25 Core CPI was +0.3% mom, and the US CPI was +2.9% yoy, both in line with market expectations. The US Aug'25 CPI was +0.4% mom, higher than the market expectation. The US Initial Jobless Claims was +263k, higher than the prediction. UST yield was lower, with 2/5/10/30 - year yields at 3.52%/3.59%/4.01%/4.65% [7]. Company - Specific Analysis (HYSAN) - Hysan raised junior subordinated 5NC2 notes of USD17mn, rated Ba1 by Moody's, callable at 103.375 in Sep'27, with a coupon rate of 6.75% and deferrable and cumulative coupon [8]. - The small private placement is to build a cushion of junior securities to keep the rating of HYSAN 7.2 PERP at IG. In 1H25, Hysan's turnover and EBIITDA grew 2.1% and 1.4% yoy to HKD1.7bn and HKD1.3bn respectively. Occupancy rates of retail/office/residential were 94%/92%/70% as of Jun'25. Its liquidity profile is solid with cash to ST debts at 2.3x, and it has a capital recycling plan of HKD8bn over the next 5 years. The net gearing ratio (perp as debt) was 33% as of Jun'25 [9][10]. - Analysts are neutral on HYSANs on valuation but consider HYSAN 7.2 PERP to offer the best risk - return profile compared to other Hysan bonds [11]. New Issues - There were no offshore Asia new issues priced or in the pipeline on the reporting day [12][13]. - Regarding onshore primary issuances, 101 credit bonds were issued yesterday with an amount of RMB160bn. Month - to - date, 658 credit bonds were issued with a total amount of RMB638bn, representing an 18.6% yoy increase [15]. Other News - Adani and Vedanta are bidders for bankrupt GVK Energy. Alibaba uses its own microprocessors for AI model training. BHP will divest a 15% stake in iron ore deposit. Evergrande's property management arm received non - binding bids. Fosun signed a USD910mn sustainability - linked syndicated loan. Meituan plans to issue dim sum bonds. POSCO International signed a deal for LNG import. Pertamina plans subsidiary reorganization. PTT Global Chemical issued USD1.1bn unsecured subordinated perp. Reliance boosted asset - backed notes size. Yuexiu Property signed a HKD200mn term loan facility agreement [15].