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China's PPDAI Group, an online platform for peer-to-peer loans, is sounding out investors for its $350m listing of American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

Sogou, the internet search arm of US-listed Sohu.com, has filed for a $600m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

It is barely six months since Mongolia pulled off a daring debt exchange after the country’s finances — and its credit rating — fell into disrepair. But the new government is now planning a full return to the debt market, having picked three global banks to help ease a passage to the market.

Vincom Retail covered books within hours of starting to take orders for its IPO, which could raise D15.4tr ($677.9m), a huge deal by the usual standards of Vietnam’s domestic equity market.

Crystal International Group intends to start taking orders for its $574m Hong Kong IPO on Tuesday at a valuation of up to 15 times earnings, according to bankers close to the matter.

CVC has made two unitranche loans in the Netherlands, to Voogd & Voogd and Berning, amid busy activity in leveraged debt markets of all kinds.

China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) has approached banks for a $5.5bn two tranche borrowing to help refinance a $12.7bn acquisition loan signed last September.

Sea said its backer Tencent Holdings, the Chinese technology giant, will take up a $100m portion of the southeast Asian e-sports company’s $696m IPO in the US.

Unrated jewellery company Folli Follie debuted in the Swiss franc bond market on Wednesday, having failed in a previous attempt — a sign that retail buyers are becoming more receptive, market participants said.

A trio of Asian firms listing in the US have received stellar responses to their IPOs, with Qudian, Rise Education and Sea all getting the thumbs-up from investors.

United Overseas Bank sold its first dollar-denominated AT1 bond this week, managing to widen its investor base after regular appearances in its domestic market.

Credit Suisse has expanded the responsibilities of two veteran bankers, naming one as the chairman of its Hong Kong operation and another as chief executive for Greater China.