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CVC-sponsored Asia Education Investment is in the market for a $165m triple tranche facility, part of which will be used to recapitalise the major shareholder.

Tianjin Binhai New Area Construction & Investment Group Co and Nonghyup Bank braved volatile market conditions to open books for their respective US dollar bonds on Wednesday, as the world waits for signs of a concrete debt restructuring deal from Greece.

The first dollar bond to emerge from China following the Greek debt agreement proved to be a hit with Shanghai Construction attracting an eight times covered book for a $400m offering.

Asia’s primary debt capital market was crowded on July 14 as opportunistic issuers rushed out to take advantage of a favourable, but perhaps short, issuance window. Korea Gas Corp (KoGas) was among the throng.

Sinochem Hong Kong has wound up its $500m bullet with a syndicate of 28 lenders, including 24 that came in during general. What some market participants had called thin pricing did not prevent oversubscription, signalling that three year liquidity is readily available to top tier China names at all-ins of below 120bp.

No sooner had the first tentative signs appeared of an agreement over Greece's debt crisis than the Asia ex-Japan primary debt capital markets finally woke up to some action from a trio of deals.

China Construction Bank (CCB) Financial Leasing Corp has hired eight banks to prepare for its outing to the dollar bond market as early as next week. Meanwhile, Weichai Power is gearing up for its maiden offshore bond, which will be in either US dollars or euros.

French financial institutions and corporates have been quick to jump at the funding opportunity offered by the offshore RMB bond market. Despite the line-up of success stories, however, French asset managers feel the market has some way to go before it comes of age.

CEEMEA debt bankers spent Monday morning on the phone to issuers following news of a Greek bailout agreement. But prospects for supply still hinge on a Greek parliamentary vote on Wednesday, and even then not just any CEEMEA issuer will be able to launch, said debt bankers.

HSBC has boosted its loans team in Asia Pacific with a new hire who will specialise in real estate related financings, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Bankers are sharpening their elbows in the Middle East as competition ramps up. GlobalCapital caught up with HSBC’s head of capital markets and financing for MENA and Turkey, Selim Kervanci, to see how the lower oil price is affecting the region’s capital markets, and the next drivers for development of its bond markets.

A syndication for a €600m ($663m) two year financing for China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) is currently under way. Two French lenders are leading the deal and they have invited a select group of lenders to participate.