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In this round-up, the US adds Chinese technology giant Xiaomi Corp and oil major Cnooc to its blacklists, and Beijing announces measures to monitor consumer finance companies and insurance asset managers.

Sequoia Capital-backed Indigo Paints has fixed the price band for its up to Rp11.7bn ($159.9m) IPO, which is set to open next week.

BOC Aviation followed Singapore Airlines into the bond market this week, bagging $400m amid a boost in sentiment around the travel industry.

Frequent Panda bond issuer China Everbright Water priced a three year deal on Thursday, meeting its maximum size target of Rmb1bn ($155m).

German automaker Volkswagen sold a Rmb500m ($77m) offshore renminbi (CNH) bond on Thursday, just one-and-a-half months after its last outing in the currency.

Innovent Biologics and Man Wah Holdings raised a combined HK$7.1bn ($916.3m) in fresh equity on Thursday night.

PTT Oil and Retail Business has set the price guidance for its long-awaited IPO. It is aiming to raise up to Bt46.98bn ($1.57bn) from the country’s largest listing in a year.

ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has decided to cancel general syndication for its $700m loan after the bookrunners found enough liquidity during a senior stage.

The frenetic pace of dollar bond issuance from Greater China continued on Thursday as three property companies and two government linked names courted investors.

Social bonds have long been the poor cousin of green bonds. A smaller, less well organised market.

The response of people to the coronavirus has been nothing short of inspiring. Not least bankers' creative solutions to carry on drinking. Taipan considers the best —and worst — options.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp has appointed Helen Wong as its next chief executive, propelling the former HSBC banker to the top job just a year after she joined the Singaporean lender.