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Malaysian lender Maybank announced price guidance for its debut Panda issue on Wednesday, a day before it was scheduled to finish a roadshow for the deal.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and other market actors are working on a system to match investors’ views on what is a ‘green’ bond with suitable deals in the market.

China’s Four Seasons Education and Sichuan Hope Education Industry Group are planning to raise as much as $550m between them through IPOs in Hong Kong and the US in 2017, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The People's Bank of China signalled it was not done tinkering with its FX policy framework on July 12, when it made a proposal to expand the RMB daily trading band. Analysts agree the move is a step forward, but add that it contradicts the PBoC's recent push for increased control of the currency.

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC), which made its offshore loan market debut last year, is back for a $175m aircraft pre-delivery financing.

Singapore Exchange set a new record for its offshore RMB futures contract, a new RMB-denominated gold future kicks off trading in Hong Kong, and UBS Asset Management receives a fund management licence onshore.

Tianjin Tianhai Investment Co, Gemdale Corporation and CCS Supply Chain Management Co are gearing up to go offshore for funding.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) could bring its debut bond issue as soon as the end of the third quarter this year, said public sector bankers, after the supranational on Thursday received its second triple-A credit rating.

On Tuesday Bright Food became the latest Chinese corporate to launch a euro bond in Asia. This has become a regular occurrence in recent months. However, this deal saw a higher than usual level of demand out of Europe, prompting some European bankers to speculate on what had changed the demand dynamics for this deal.

Chinese biopharmaceutical firm 3SBio has taken a step towards boosting its presence in Europe by printing its debut convertible bond, raising €300m in a rare appearance in the currency from an Asian issuer.

Greentown China Holdings made a rare visit to the debt market, selling a senior perpetual bond on Tuesday. The transaction saw blow-out demand of about $6bn for the $450m deal, allowing the leads to slice pricing by 37.5bp from initial guidance.

CJ CheilJedang Corp sold all of its stake in Samsung Life Insurance Co through an overnight block this week, raising W357.7bn ($314.2m) after the bookrunners managed to move investors up to the middle of the price range.