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Xin Point Holdings, the Chinese automotive components supplier, has raised HK$855m ($110m) after its Hong Kong IPO was priced at the top of the range, with high level of demand coming in from retail investors.

Foreign investors using the Bond Connect will not be required to exchange their renminbi back to foreign currencies even after selling their bonds, if they intend to re-invest that money in onshore Chinese bonds, according to new interim rules for Bond Connect published by PBoC on June 21.

Kaisa Group Holdings, the only Chinese developer to default on offshore debt back in 2015, started taking bids on Thursday for the new issuance portion of an exchange offer. Four sets of fixed rate notes will be sold to replace the company’s outstanding variable rate senior bonds.

Property names China Jinmao Holdings Group and Shimao Property Holdings, along with India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, launched new dollar deals on Thursday.

The upcoming Bond Connect will not only further open up China’s fixed income market, but also speed up the country’s financial market reform, Mark Austen, CEO of Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (Asifma), told GlobalRMB in a wide-ranging interview.

Pharmaceutical company China Medical System Holdings has signed a $300m three year fundraising with a single lender.

Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings priced a tap on Tuesday, adding $100m to the original $400m notes on the back of 6x demand. Investors’ eagerness for paper allowed the issuer to price inside both its existing notes and secondary.

The MSCI's decision to include A-shares in its emerging market index will drive capital inflows to Chinese equities not just from index trackers but also from active fund managers. But some warn that the pace of investments could be threatened by shrinking offshore RMB (CNH) liquidity.

Chinese resource-based energy company Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) pulled what could have been its debut international bond on Tuesday — the second borrower to cancel a deal recently — as heavy high yield supply as a result of two potentially huge exchange offers, as well as the underperformance of recent paper, weighed on investors’ minds.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) brought the latest batch of dollar Formosa bonds from South Korea on Tuesday, selling a $400m five year floating rate note in a well-received deal.

Global index provider MSCI announced on Wednesday that it will begin including Chinese A-shares in its emerging markets index, giving its blessing after three consecutive rejections. Here is GlobalRMB’s lowdown on what you need to know about the upcoming inclusion.