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Trafigura, the Singaporean commodity trading company, issued its third Panda bond this year on September 28. As for its previous outings, the third tranche was placed in the interbank market as a three year private placement. Meanwhile, The Wharf Holdings and China Gas Holding also made their return to the market in the same month.

Studio City International Holdings launched its $359.4m New York Stock Exchange listing on Wednesday, in a deal heavily anchored by its controlling shareholders.

Better policy measures are needed as the mainland bond market connects with the rest of the world, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) said in an October 4 research paper.

Robust investor demand and reverse enquiry propelled Maoye International Holdings to make a rapid comeback to the bond market with a tap of its September issuance.

China’s Niu Technologies has launched bookbuilding for its $103.8m Nasdaq IPO, but despite plenty of pre-deal interest, sources don't expect the trade to be a blowout.

South African investment manager Investec has appointed a former HSBC exec to strengthen its China expansion.

Turbulence in China’s equities and bond markets forced Shimao Property Holdings to cull one portion of a dual-tranche dollar bond deal this week as investors shied away from the longer tenor.

Dafa Properties Group raised HK$840m ($107m) after pricing its Hong Kong IPO a few cents above the middle of the marketed range.

Yields on dollar bonds from Chinese issuers have jumped this year, but investors don’t appear to be rising to the bait. A rethink of borrowers’ fundraising strategies should be on the cards.

The London-Shanghai Stock Connect, slated to be launched by the end of the year, has the capital market’s attention, given its vast potential. But bankers and industry associations want more clarity on the operational aspects of the link.

Weidai, a Chinese peer-to-peer lender, started drumming up interest for a possible $100m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

Chinese stock markets led the decline among all major Asian indices on Monday, as woes in the region’s bond market also continued. Debt issuers aiming to kick off their deals this week have their work cut out for them.