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Electricite du Laos Generation Public Company (EDL Gen), which started bookbuilding for its debut dollar bond in Thailand last Friday, has settled on raising $312m from three tranches, according to a source.

Sukuk stepped into the spotlight after JP Morgan decided to include Islamic bonds in its EM bond indices, but while eligibility will give the asset class a boost, it will be a while before the product is more broadly used.

The Singapore Exchange has received the go ahead from its listing advisory committee to allow companies to float using a new structure, in an effort to deepen the city-state’s capital markets.

Manganese producer Asia Minerals has approached the syndicated loan market for a $61m two tranche borrowing.

DBS Bank is all set for its debut additional tier one bank capital offering in dollars, having found solid demand from investors on Tuesday.

Waskita Beton Precast is expected to price its IPO near the top end of the range to raise Rph5.16tr ($390.61m), in a deal some have described as the hottest Indonesian listing in years.

State-owned Vietnam Engine and Agricultural Machinery Corp has clinched an IPO worth D2.1tr ($95.8m) after selling shares on the Hanoi Stock Exchange, according to a disclosure with the bourse.

Asian debt capital market bankers are advising bond issuers to hit the market sooner rather than later in September, on the back of indications from the Federal Reserve that the case for an increase in rate hike had “strengthened in recent months”.

Electricite du Laos Generation Public Company (EDL Gen) has started building books for a $300m bond it is looking to price in Thailand on September 2. The deal is progressing well, attracting interest from a wide array of investors including high net worth individuals.

Local outfit Myanmar Citizens Bank officially floated its shares on the Yangon Stock Exchange on Friday, the third ever listing on the YSX.

In this round-up, CIMB signs a custodian deal with China Construction Bank to facilitate investments into China, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans membership expansion and the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) starts publishing daily exchange rates for the RMB against the British pound, euro and Japanese yen. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB’s top stories this week.

Indonesia’s Cikarang Listrindo and Hong Kong’s Far East Consortium International have set sights on the international bond market, having appointed banks to work on their respective dollar offerings.