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China Construction Bank’s Singapore branch sealed a Rmb1bn ($150m) dim sum transaction Thursday, putting an end to a one-month silence in the offshore renminbi (CNH) debt market.

Ford Auto Finance (China) is set to launch its second auto ABS transaction of 2016 with a Rmb3bn ($450m) offering that is almost identical to its outing earlier in the year.

The London Metals Exchange plans to offer a range of exchange traded and centrally cleared precious metal products, starting with gold and silver spot and futures contracts.

Road King Infrastructure’s new $450m three year bond proved widely popular among investors, attracting an order book of about $6.5bn.

Hong Kong conglomerate The Wharf (Holdings) is planning to make its first appearance in the interbank Panda bond market having filed an application to the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (Nafmii) last month.

Home building materials maker China Lesso Group Holdings will likely increase the size of its latest borrowing, thanks to a good response during general syndication.

In this round-up, China eases rules on foreign investment in the free trade zones (FTZ) and OTC Clear receives approval to clear CNH cross currency swaps (CCS). Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB’s top stories this week.

In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, London’s loss of its status as leading RMB hub in Europe seemed highly likely, a turn of events that left China and the UK to figure out how to move forward from the “golden era” they had on just ushered in. But a more nuanced picture is now starting to emerge.

China Minmetals Corp printed its first dollar bond of the year on Wednesday, replicating the same structure as its last outing a year ago. While some market participants reckoned the issuer was aggressive with pricing, the secondary performance of the notes indicated otherwise.

China Minmetals Corp started attracting attention from investors on Wednesday morning, taking bids for a dollar offering divided into a five and 10 year.

ICBC Asia made its debut in the additional tier one market on Thursday with a bang, netting $1bn from a deal that boasted the lowest coupon on record for an AT1 in Asia ex-Japan.

China Railway Group, China Minmetals Corp and Greenland Hong Kong Holdings are set to hold roadshows with investors next week ahead of their respective dollar offerings.