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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s New York branch decided to scrap a 10 year portion of a dual-trancher on Monday, as mismatch on pricing led to investors shunning the tenor in favour of a five year.

ICBC Standard Bank appointed a sales head this week in a newly created role that will focus on local markets and illiquid credit.

TUS Holdings and a government financing vehicle from Zhuzhou sealed their respective bond offerings on Wednesday, with the former raking in $500m and the latter $300m.

Chinese issuers are returning to the international bond market after a one week national holiday, with TUS Holdings and Zhuzhou City Construction Development Group heading out with their deals.

Some eight banks that arranged Saudi Arabia’s $10bn loan in May have secured berths on the sovereign's bond extravaganza that is due to kick off this week.

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA) completed its loan refinancing last week and grew the deal from $320.5m to $400m in syndication after strong support from lenders, according to a lead banker.

Wuhan Metro Group and Zhuzhou City Construction are set to become the latest Chinese local financing vehicles (LGFVs) to sell international bonds.

China Citic Bank International bucked concerns about the health of the European banking industry, driven by Deutsche Bank’s financial troubles, to seal a $500m additional tier one on Thursday.

China’s Panda bond market is gaining traction with the National Bank of Canada (NBC) establishing a Rmb5bn ($750m) programme, becoming only the second issuer from the country to seek onshore renminbi.

It has been a busy period for the structured finance community in China with three lenders securitizing a combined Rmb3.28bn ($491m) worth of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the space of a week.

A range of credits from India, Malaysia and Greater China stormed the Asian debt market on Thursday, vying for investor attention.

Shui On Development made its return to the international bond market on Monday after almost two years, bagging $250m from a new three year unrated offering.