Asia Pacific

China has been slowly but steadily sowing the seeds of a green bond market with the first deal expected this year. However, the country is unlikely to use internationally accepted guidelines - the Green Bond Principles (GBP) - instead it may seek to tailor guidelines its own domestic standards, says HSBC.

There was renewed bemusement on bond desks in Asia on Monday after Greeks voted against bailout measures over the weekend. There were no new dollar mandates as secondary prices widened but offshore renminbi bond issuers are testing the market.

China took more drastic measures over the weekend to restore calm in its roiling stock market, including setting up a stabilisation fund and curbing new IPOs. Shares jumped as much as 8% on the news but ECM bankers say it does not go far enough to put a floor under the sell-off.

India’s state-owned IIFCL Asset Management Company Limited (IAMCL) has partnered with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to boost investment in India’s renewable energy sector via instruments like green bonds.

Ping An Real Estate Company has picked three banks to prepare for an offshore renminbi (CNH) market as early as next week.

Deutsche Bank is setting the benchmark for what it means to be a regular in the Formosa bond market, making its fourth visit this year.

In this round-up, Hong Kong RMB deposits and cross-border RMB trade settlement recover slightly in May, Bank of Korea activates a RMB liquidity facility to support markets, Mizuho Bank launches free trade accounts in Shanghai's FTZ, and the FTZ authority ventures overseas with six new offices.

China has taken a welcome but quirky approach to its first publicly-traded real estate investment trust (Reit), as a decade-long effort to bring the structure to the mainland bears fruit.

Taiwanese leasing company, Chailease International Finance Corp, raised Rmb1.8bn ($296m) on June 26 through an offshore renminbi-denominated syndicated loan arranged by ANZ.

The mutual recognition of funds (MRF) scheme opens today for application by Mainland and Hong Kong-based fund managers. Foreign asset managers with mainland joint ventures are likely to enjoy early success, though analysts expect the programme to achieve wide popularity.

News that BlackRock will start using the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (SHSC) shows the trading link is beginning to appeal a wider range of investors as the early technical issues get resolved. This increasing popularity is even holding up in the face A-share volatility with turnover on the northbound channel on the rise.

It's been a good week for Europe's renminbi ambitions with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) extending a Rmb50bn RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) quota to Hungary, while China Construction Bank (CCB) listed its RQFII ETF on Paris’ Euronext.