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Georgian firm Rustavi Azot released price guidance for its $180m five year non-call three notes on Thursday, and now expects to price the bond on Monday.

German agency KfW expanded its stable of green bond issues to a fourth currency this week when it sold a debut sterling-denominated green bond.

Rustavi Azot released price guidance for its $180m five year non-call three notes and now expects to price the bond on Monday.

China Railway Signal & Communications Corp (CRSC) started investor education for its $2bn Hong Kong IPO on Monday, July 20, becoming the first issuer brave enough to proceed with its equity-raising plans following the mainland stock market’s dramatic collapse earlier this month.

Central China Securities Co is placing out new H-shares in a deal expected to raise HK$2.53bn ($327m). The trade makes it the first Chinese broker to tap equity investors for funds since China’s stock market meltdown sent the region into a tailspin earlier this month.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has become the first Indian bond issuer in almost two months, successfully wrapping up its debut outing on July 22. Market observers welcomed the deal as it injected some much needed variety in the China-dominated Asian bond market, but its pricing was a point of debate.

Unrated French issuer Bolloré sold its second ever euro deal on Wednesday, drawing a strong order book that bodes well for Eurofins Scientific, another unrated corporate that could tap the market as soon as Thursday.

Caribbean island nation Jamaica filed a bond shelf with the SEC for issuance of up to $3bn on Tuesday, taking it one step closer to a much anticipated deal that would be at least partly used to finance PetroCaribe loans owed to Venezuela.

Rustavi Azot has released price guidance for its $180m five year non-call three notes at 11%-13% yield. The note is expected to be priced later this week.

Chinese companies are really taking the euro bond market in their stride this year, with Beijing Energy Investment Holdings (BEIH) adding to the record-breaking volumes with another €300m ($326m). But unlike the euro deal from state-owned peer Beijing Infrastructure a day earlier, BEIH had to rely more on anchor orders to get its deal away.

One of India’s largest port operators Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is venturing into the international bond market for the first time, opening books for a 144A/Reg S five year on July 22.

A rare Greek IPO was announced on Tuesday, as Poseidon Containers, based in Athens, set out to raise about $230m by floating in New York, to finance purchases of container ships.