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Kaisa Group Holdings, the only Chinese developer to default on offshore debt back in 2015, started taking bids on Thursday for the new issuance portion of an exchange offer. Four sets of fixed rate notes will be sold to replace the company’s outstanding variable rate senior bonds.

Property names China Jinmao Holdings Group and Shimao Property Holdings, along with India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, launched new dollar deals on Thursday.

The upcoming Bond Connect will not only further open up China’s fixed income market, but also speed up the country’s financial market reform, Mark Austen, CEO of Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (Asifma), told GlobalRMB in a wide-ranging interview.

Pharmaceutical company China Medical System Holdings has signed a $300m three year fundraising with a single lender.

Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings priced a tap on Tuesday, adding $100m to the original $400m notes on the back of 6x demand. Investors’ eagerness for paper allowed the issuer to price inside both its existing notes and secondary.

The MSCI's decision to include A-shares in its emerging market index will drive capital inflows to Chinese equities not just from index trackers but also from active fund managers. But some warn that the pace of investments could be threatened by shrinking offshore RMB (CNH) liquidity.

Chinese resource-based energy company Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) pulled what could have been its debut international bond on Tuesday — the second borrower to cancel a deal recently — as heavy high yield supply as a result of two potentially huge exchange offers, as well as the underperformance of recent paper, weighed on investors’ minds.

Global index provider MSCI announced on Wednesday that it will begin including Chinese A-shares in its emerging markets index, giving its blessing after three consecutive rejections. Here is GlobalRMB’s lowdown on what you need to know about the upcoming inclusion.

China may have got its second big win on the global stage, after the inclusion of the RMB in the SDR, on Wednesday when MSCI decided to add A-shares to its emerging markets index, but that does not mean the authorities can now rest on the laurels. The small weighting given to A-shares by MSCI is just one indication of how much China still has to do to upgrade its capital markets.

China Evergrande Group has announced final price guidance for its new four, six and eight year notes, part of an exchange and new money offering launched earlier this month.

Chinese bonds seem just one step away from full inclusion by the major bond index providers, following partial inclusions by Bloomberg-Barclays and Citi in the first quarter. But while some experts believe the wait will be over after the launch of the Bond Connect, others worry that China’s recent efforts to keep the renminbi stable will hurt its chances.

Chinese issuers are dominating Wednesday’s debt market in Asia ex-Japan, with two issuers launching dollar deals and two investment grade corporates announcing roadshows for transactions.