SOUTH Korea's Hana Bank has raised US$80 million to fund trade-financing activities in Hong Kong and investment business in Southeast Asia and China. The bank yesterday signed a US$80 million dragon floating-rate note (FRN) issue in Hong Kong, according to Hong Kong office representative C.H. Lee. He said the bank planned to engage in merchant banking activities in Hong Kong next year, but in the meantime would engage in trade financing, servicing Korea-Hong Kong and Hong Kong-China-Korea trade.
