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Yunnan Provincial Investment Holdings Group (YIG) is set to go on the road for a series of investor meetings as it seeks to gauge interest for a possible dollar bond.

The Asian syndication of a jumbo loan to back China National Chemical Corp’s (ChemChina) acquisition of Syngenta is seeing interest from many international lenders in Asia. Banks are weighing the benefits of the borrower’s state ownership against the weakness of its financials on a standalone basis, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.

Chinese regional commercial lenders Bank of Tianjin and China Zheshang Bank are looking to raise a combined HK$23.1bn ($3.0bn) through listings in Hong Kong, with both issuers leaning heavily on cornerstone investors.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing sealed a popular $1bn dua tranche offering on Tuesday, drawing a huge crowd of investors amid a lack of dollar bonds from China this year.

The Chinese green bond market is set to blossom after the Shanghai Stock Exchange laid out a framework for corporates this week.

China's securities industry is set to welcome a new player after the regulator approved a joint venture between Chinese and Hong Kong investors — the first under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

The Panda bond market is looking crowded this week. Joining German car maker Daimler is Singapore’s DBS Bank which is marketing its debut Panda, several sources have told GlobalRMB.

German car maker Daimler is planning to return to China’s onshore Panda bond market with a private placement in the interbank bond market, several sources familiar with the deal have told GlobalCapital Asia's sister publication GlobalRMB.

Market participants have been sceptical about the Hong Kong Exchange's (HKEX) plans for a Bond Connect with China ever since the idea was first floated in late 2014. Eighteen months later, the opening up of China’s interbank bond market (CIBM) has thrown up more questions about the scheme’s viability.

German car maker Daimler is planning to return to China’s onshore Panda bond market with a private placement offering in the interbank bond market, several sources familiar to the deal have told GlobalRMB.

Options traders are increasingly pricing renminbi in line with G7 foreign exchange, a trend that could boost the intensity of swings in market positioning, strategists have warned.

Fortune Oil PRC Holdings is in the market for a $240m three year loan that will refinance debt signed in October 2013.