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Ghana Coco Board (Cocobod) has closed the senior syndication of its $1.3bn one year annual pre-export finance facility, with a bank meeting due to be held on Monday, June 25.

ICBC International Holdings' Thursday outing drew attention in both the primary and secondary markets. Its $700m floating rate note transaction captured a $5bn-plus book at its peak, with the bond then trading 8bp-10bp tighter in the aftermarket.

Xiaomi has covered its whopping HK$48bn ($6.1bn) listing thanks to a strong flow of early orders, according to a book message sent out on Friday morning, a day after bookbuilding kicked off.

Jiangxi Bank Co has raised HK$7.48bn ($953m) from its Hong Kong IPO, pricing the shares towards the top of guidance thanks to a big group of flexible investors.

Chinese technology giant Xiaomi Corp kicked off bookbuilding for its up to HK$48bn ($6.1bn) Hong Kong IPO on Thursday, set to be the largest globally in nearly two years, after a series of twists and turns that put it firmly on the market’s radar. Jonathan Breen reports.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) on Wednesday priced a triple-tranche green bond. But the deal, comparatively smaller than recent issues at $730m equivalent, had a moment of intrigue when one global co-ordinator left the syndicate group.

Bank of China’s Luxembourg branch has signed a $1.05bn syndicated loan after launching the deal at half that amount in the latest display of lenders scrambling to allocate funds.

Jiangxi Bank Co has kicked off a week-long roadshow for its up to HK$7.8bn ($992.9m) Hong Kong IPO, set to be the second largest listing in the city so far this year.

Industrial Bank of Korea mandated banks for a social bond issuance on Tuesday, viewing the product as a natural fit for the first transaction from its socially responsible bond framework. Meanwhile, ICBC Asia is looking to sell a new green deal.

General Motors’ joint venture sealed a Rmb10.4bn ($1.62bn) deal in the Chinese securitization market on June 6, marking its biggest outing so far. Bankers on the deal said the auto company wanted to bag the cash before onshore rates come under pressure in the second half of the year.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s London branch issued a $1.5bn-equivalent green bond on Tuesday, becoming the third big Chinese bank to hit the offshore debt market with floating rate notes in less than a week.

The Panda bond pipeline is bursting at the seams with red chip Chinese names and SSAs preparing for renminbi deals, prompting some in the market to predict a new era of growth for the asset class.