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Bank of Chongqing has trimmed the size of its H-share placement to HK$3.23bn ($417.56) after several investors dropped out of the trade, almost halving the amount of shares on offer.

Xinte Energy Co wrapped up bookbuilding on Tuesday for its HK$1.29bn ($166m) IPO in Hong Kong, one of the last listings in the city this year, with shares pricing at the bottom of the range.

China took its first step towards fulfilling its green ambitions this week, announcing a set of guidelines for the issuance of green bonds in the country’s interbank bond market.

The Republic of the Philippines is interested in selling a Panda bond in China's onshore debt market for the first time in 2016.

Sri Lanka’s Commercial Leasing & Finance (CLC) has raised one portion of a $153m syndicated loan from 10 lenders, as the non-banking financial institution sets it sights on developing small and medium enterprises in the country.

Macquarie Securitisation Limited has mandated Macquarie Bank to arrange a new Australian RMBS deal from its Puma shelf, which could hit the market early in 2016.

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Four Panda bonds have been issued since China reopened the market in the end of September. While this is a great start, Pandas will need a lot more issuance and a matching mature investor base to go further in 2016, said Tu Hong, general manager of global markets centre, at Bank of Communications to GlobalRMB.

Chinese residential property manager Greentown Service Group has filed a preliminary prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as it vies to float on the city’s main board.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) is boosting its environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting guidelines after its consultation to upgrade them saw strong support from market respondents.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has created a bulletin on its website that for the first time will shed light on non-public regulatory action it has taken in response to breaches of the listing rules.

The Kingdom of Thailand has outlined its plans for debt funding in 2016. Bond issuance will be mostly done in the domestic market, but the sovereign is open to issuing a dollar-denominated offering in the second half of the year.