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At the end of the first half of this year, the top three banks for CEEMEA have remained staunchly in place from last year, with Citi leading the pack, but there has been a shake-up further down the table. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has entered the top 10 in fifth position and French houses BNP Paribas and Société Générale have fallen to ninth and 10th, respectively.

Adler Real Estate, a German residential property company, has extended the sale period for its €150m convertible bond issue, which comes with pre-emption rights for shareholders, added Citigroup as a bookrunner and broadened the price range.

The Asian debt market has had a slow but steady stream of deals since the Brexit vote on June 23, but Bank of China blasted the issuance window wide open on Tuesday with a $3bn five tranche, multi-currency transaction — the region’s largest international green bond. Max Bower reports.

Bulgarian Energy Holding is planning a Eurobond and the note has been assigned an expected rating of BB- by Fitch.

A pair of Chinese firms are preparing potential multi-billion-dollar deals. Postal Savings Bank of China Co is seeking approval for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise up to $8bn, according to sources familiar with the matter, while China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co is aiming to net HK$9.5bn ($1.2bn) from a rights issue in the next few weeks.

Two South Korean banks, Woori and Busan, are preparing for investor meetings next week as they both line up bond issues.

With the hree new issues in the market this week progressing well, the SSA market seems to have put Brexit chaos in the past and returned to business as usual.

Bank of China has printed Asia’s largest green bond in a $3bn deal split between dollar, euro and CNH tranches. The landmark trade attracted strong investor demand and gave a much needed fillip to the dim sum bond market.

Yunnan Metropolitan Construction Investment Co has become the latest local government financing vehicle in the offshore bond market. With more new issues in the pipeline, the LGFV bond spree shows no signs of slowing but the market is not open to all names.

South Korea’s Woori Bank is set to meet investors for its second dollar-denominated Basel III additional tier one bond.

China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co is preparing a jumbo rights issue, aiming for a size of HK$9.5bn ($1.2bn).