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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is out in the dollar bond market for the second time this year, marketing a new deal on Tuesday. The country has opted for the same format, tenor as the previous deal via the same banks.

Republic of Cyprus is on track to price a rare combined syndication and switch offer. The deal will allow Cyprus to tidy up the short end of its curve while issuing a fresh 10 year note.

Socially responsible investors received a fresh menu of bonds on Monday, with a borrower announcing an inaugural climate bond, a regular SRI issuer entering a new currency and an agency returning to its sustainability format.

Kuwait petrochemicals firm Equate is in the market for a $6bn one year loan after signing a $3.2bn deal to buy ME Global last week.

Turkish automaker Tofas has completed syndication of a €200m seven year loan that will finance research and development projects for two cars.

The newly reopened Middle East bond market has tougher tests of demand ahead, with a trio of mandates hitting screens on Monday morning and two others rumoured.

There were no new issues in the European FIG market on Monday, but bankers are optimistic that bank capital could return this week.

China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGNPC) is eyeing the dollar bond market for the second time this year, having mandated banks to work on investor meetings.

Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) and Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) are venturing into the international debt market, opening books for their respective euro and dollar bonds.

Bookrunners on a S$192m ($137.8m) loan for Citic Envirotech are sounding out a select group of banks to join the deal in syndication.

China Huarong Asset Management pulled off a HK$17.83bn ($2.30bn) IPO on October 22, pricing one of Hong Kong’s largest listings this year just a few cents off the bottom of the initial range. But the price tag has sparked debate among bankers, with some saying the issuer was pushing its luck.

Sovereigns and quasi-sovereigns continue to dominate Latin America new issues, as Uruguay this week showed that attractive all-in funding costs are on offer thanks in large part to low base rates.