Bank of Qingdao Co., the Chinese lender backed by Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, and an existing investor raised $607 million after pricing a Hong Kong initial public offering at the low end of a marketed range, people with knowledge of the matter said.

China Energy Engineering Corp., a state- owned builder of power plants, and an existing investor are seeking as much as $2 billion from a Hong Kong initial public offering.

China’s stocks tumbled the most since the depths of a $5 trillion plunge in August as some of the nation’s largest brokerages disclosed regulatory probes, industrial profits fell and two more companies said they’re struggling to repay bonds.

South Korean companies, which have the lowest dividends in relation to share prices in Asia, are becoming more generous as they succumb to government and shareholder pressure.

These days, Jonas Kan divides his time between forecasting how far Hong Kong property prices will fall, and how much real estate stocks will rise.

Fang Zhengdao set up shop on a rainy day in mid-November, a yellow umbrella in his hand and a handwritten sign by his side. Two months had passed since the great Chinese stock-market crash of 2015, and Fang figured it was time to start peddling equities again.