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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.

After a year of muted issuance, two African sovereigns met investors in London this week. While both Angola and Nigeria held non-deal roadshows, investors said the timing was "no coincidence" for the former.

The Central Bank of Nigeria is undertaking a non-deal roadshow in London to meet rates, FX and credit investors.

The green bond market is set for some new action with Link Real Estate Investment Trust kicking off a dollar transaction on Thursday.

Warehouse developer China Logistics Property Holdings Co has added HK$3.4bn ($438.3m) to its coffers after sealing a Hong Kong IPO at the top of price guidance, according to a source close to the deal.

ICBC Luxembourg became the Chinese lender’s fourth overseas unit to issue a fixed rate dollar bond this year, raising $800m from a three year offering.

In this round-up, Hong Kong saw RMB deposits, trade and clearing pick up, foreign exchange trading in China as direct trading of Korean won and South African rand is launched, and Standard Chartered’s RMB Globalisation Index (RGI) fell to its lowest since August 2014. Plus, a recap of our coverage this week.

The Asia ex-Japan additional tier one market could finally be getting some action with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) set to go on the road next week for its debut AT1.

Electronic broker Icap launched the first offshore renminbi (CNH) FX benchmark based on market trading, the first said on July 7. The new fix, which is priced at the open of European markets, aims to fill the gap between Asian trading sessions.

China's GF Securities, which made its debut in the offshore syndicated loan market in 2014, has launched a HK$4bn ($515.4m) loan into general.