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China Railway Construction Corp (CRCC) has sold its second convertible bond of 2016, this time a renminbi-denominated, dollar-settled trade linked to the offshore RMB spot price. Chinese issuers are warming to the structure amid concerns about RMB depreciation, as investors bear the currency risks. John Loh reports.

Country Garden Holdings priced a 10 year bond on Wednesday, having pulling an earlier attempt at a deal in November. While the market remains challenging, the issue was backed by anchor orders as the leads left little to chance this time.

VietJet Aviation is set to seal Vietnam’s largest domestic IPO as it heads towards the end of its management roadshow. It is giving international investors a rare opportunity to buy stock thanks to its decision to use a Reg S structure, with more privately-owned companies expected to follow suit. Jonathan Breen reports.

Barclays wants to be UK’s leading investment bank. Backed by a supportive CEO, it believes it has the team and strategy to achieve that, writes David Rothnie.

Banca Monte dei Paschi’s shares climbed 11% on Wednesday, on growing hopes that a way will be found for the Italian state to strengthen its balance sheet, enabling it to achieve a €5bn capital raising demanded by the European Central Bank and avoid a bail-in.

JP Morgan was hit hardest as the European Commission on Wednesday fined three banks a total of €485m for manipulating markets in a euro interest rate derivatives cartel.

Green bonds have been a hot topic for several years now, but sovereign issuers have been slow to step up to the plate. Until now. Poland is on the road for a euro-denominated green bond and is meeting investors in London this week.

Banca Monte dei Paschi’s shares leapt 7% on Wednesday morning, on growing hopes that a way will be found for the Italian state to strengthen its balance sheet, enabling it to achieve a €5bn capital raising demanded by the European Central Bank and avoid a bail-in.

The first ever sovereign green bond looks set to be issued by Poland — a coal-reliant nation that was once one of the most outspoken opponents of the UN’s Paris Agreement. Despite incredulity from green finance experts, the deal is an important step for green financing. It raises the environmental agenda within Poland, and offers a firmer commitment to green financing than displayed by any other sovereign so far.

Business travel group Carlson is running a roadshow for what could be the European high yield market's last deal of the year as it aims to refinance its debt with a three tranche bond.

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena and the underwriters of its €5bn capital raising have agreed with the prospective cornerstone investors in the deal to push back the launch of the sale by three or four days, after the resignation of Italy’s prime minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday night.

Shares in Laird, the UK supplier of mobile phone parts to Apple and Samsung, fell by as much as 18% on Friday morning after it announced its intention to launch a £185m rights issue to reduce its leverage after a profit warning in October.