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Hong Kong-based Sun Hung Kai Properties has received Chinese regulators’ blessing to issue Rmb10bn ($152.9m) worth of Panda bonds within the next two years, according to the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (Nafmii).

A hundred investors managing $1.8tr of assets have signed a letter calling on banks to say more about how they are managing the risk of climate change, and to publish a strategy saying how they support the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Bank of China Hong Kong has sold its second Panda bond, raising a staggering Rmb9bn ($1.37bn) from a one year note. The transaction was the largest Panda sold in the interbank bond market, and caught the attention of foreign investors, which made 50% of all bids.

A chunky $4.108bn leveraged buyout financing, for the acquisition of Global Logistic Properties by a consortium of Chinese investors, has entered into general syndication.

Postal Savings Bank of China Co has mandated 21 banks to work on a dollar AT1 transaction worth up to Rmb50bn ($7.4bn), expected to hit the market as early as next week.

Syndicated loan activity in Asia ex-Japan may have slumped this year, but the slowdown is not all bad. The numbers show a return to normalcy in the region following an unusually stellar year of business in 2016, according to speakers at a loan market conference last week.

Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance is gearing up for its second deal in China’s securitization market this year as it beefs up its operations in the Mainland.

China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) sealed its second benchmark transaction of the year, a four tranche $3.25bn deal, just five months after the state-owned company took home $3.4bn from a similar transaction.

China Minsheng Banking Corp raised $800m from a dual-tranche floating rate deal on Tuesday, with some bankers describing it as a club-style bond because of the 18-strong syndicate group behind it.

Red chip property developer Joy City has hit the Panda bond market for the first time, raising Rmb1bn ($153.1m) from a three year bond on September 5. Although the deal was small in size, it caught the attention of some Bond Connect investors thanks to the issuer’s reputation.

China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) is making a rapid comeback to the dollar bond market. It announced a triple-tranche transaction on Wednesday, just five months after nabbing an impressive $3.4bn from investors.

Daimler’s China expansion keeps the issuer coming back for more onshore funding, with the automaker pricing a Panda private placement less than four months after its previous outing.