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The Brics New Development Bank (NDB) is seeking further renminbi financing, preparing a return to the bond market for up to Rmb5bn ($746m) before the year-end, according to KV Kamath, president of NDB.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has added a banker to its debt capital markets division in Hong Kong, hiring her from a Chinese securities house.

Country Garden Holdings Co hit the market on Wednesday to add $100m to its existing $600m 4.75% notes sold in July, through a quick deal buoyed by reverse enquiry.

Three Chinese high yield credits opened books for fresh dollar deals on Thursday, wooing investors in the quiet summer market. Greenland Holding Group Company is making a return, while China Huiyuan Juice Group and 21Vianet Group are ready for their debuts.

Dave Sandor is no longer with Goldman Sachs, where he oversaw equity-linked origination, structuring and execution across Asia Pacific and onshore China.

LVGEM (China) Real Estate Investment Co grabbed $225m on Tuesday from its debut deal, taking measures to mitigate any fears of failure by securely anchoring the deal.

Hong Kong-listed Wharf Holdings is set to spin off and float its entire holding in i-Cable Communications by way of introduction, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday.

Andy Siow, a director in ANZ's Asia bond syndicate team, has left the bank about eight months after he joined.

BMW Automotive Finance (China) Co has tapped China’s auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market for the second time this year. The German carmaker bagged Rmb4bn ($595.4m) on August 8, less than a week after another foreign automaker, Nissan’s China joint venture, hit the market.

The Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) will suspend its offering of China ministry of finance treasury bond futures after the end of the year, while no official trading data was disclosed for the Bond Connect scheme in the bourse’s 2017 interim results report.

Country Garden Holdings Co is back in the market with a tap of its 2022 notes sold less than a month ago. Meanwhile, Jiangsu Bicon Pharmaceutical Listed Company is plotting a $300m fundraise from a three year bond.

Hong Kong-listed company Samson Paper is back in the loan market, after a two and a half year absence, for a HK$570m ($73m) refinancing.