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Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co rattled over multiple speed bumps on its way to a $200m bond on Tuesday, having to navigate picky investors as well as concerns around cross-guarantee of bonds in China’s domestic market.

FIT Hon Teng, a subsidiary of Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Hon Hai, has opened books for its all primary IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a price range that could value the company at up to $2.6bn.

Asian issuers flooded into the debt market on Tuesday, as seven credits battled for attention amid a somewhat positive tone in the market. Greenland Hong Kong Holdings grabbed $200m, while China Gold International Resources Corp nailed a $500m three year and Shimao Property Holdings sealed a tap.

China Huarong International Holdings has approached lenders for a $800m short-term fundraising, making it the third unit of parent China Huarong Asset Management Co to access liquidity in the syndicated loan market this year.

Aluminium giant Rusal hit the limelight in March when it became the first Russian corporate to issue a Panda bond. But Oleg Mukhamedshin, deputy chief executive, told GlobalRMB that high onshore yields are delaying the company’s return to the Panda market.

A busy Tuesday for dollar supply in Asia DCM is continuing unabated with a handful of launches and mandates, including one in euros, announced on Wednesday.

Bank of China Group Investment debuted in the Panda bond market on June 23, raising Rmb1.5bn ($219.6m) from a three year note. Its deal marked the second Panda issuance by a financial institution this year, following China Citic Bank International’s deal in May.

China’s Baidu is readying a dual-tranche dollar bond offering, mandating banks for the deal, while Melco Resorts Finance opened a tap of its May notes on Tuesday.

Greenland Hong Kong Holdings returned to the market on Tuesday for the second time in as many weeks, as Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co and Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific also launched dollar deals.

Best, the Chinese logistics company backed by Alibaba Group Holdings, has announced its intention to float on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq.

Details around the Bond Connect are still trickling in just a week from the expected July 3 launch, with some analysts raising the spectre of a last minute U-turn by PBoC on its decision not to have aggregate quotas over the scheme.

The sub-underwriting phase of a HK$28bn ($3.6bn) financing to support the take private of Hong Kong-listed footwear company Belle International Holdings has wrapped up, with nine lenders joining original mandated lead arranger and bookrunner (MLAB) Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).