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Beijing Hyundai Auto Finance is set to make its mark on the Chinese auto ABS sector for the first time with its Rmb1.5bn ($228m) Autopia China 2016-1 Retail Auto Mortgage Loan Securitization Trust.

China's green bond market is set to have a breakthrough year in 2016 as Shanghai Pudong Development Bank receives approval to issue a green bond in the local market.

Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina, which reset covenants on a 2015 loan, is speaking to relationship banks for a new borrowing. But its operations in the beleaguered upstream oil and gas sector could make it difficult to negotiate lower pricing, reckon bankers.

Goodbaby China Holdings started taking orders on Tuesday for a HK$1.3bn ($160.8m) IPO in Hong Kong, as the firm hopes to rise above volatile markets with a compelling discount to its peers.

China Oriental Group has announced a consent solicitation as well as plans to buy back all or a portion of its existing bonds, following a profit warning sent to its shareholders.

Lippo Karawaci has announced the minimum yield for a new dollar-denominated senior offering due 2023, as it aims to switch holders out of a 2019 bond into a longer four year deal.

Action, the Benelux discount non-food retailer, had bank meetings in London on Tuesday for its €1.2bn all-senior dividend recapitalisation.

The opening shot for the race to save Abengoa from bankruptcy came on Monday from Alvarez & Marsal, the restructuring firm, and its plan to half the Spanish renewable energy company’s corporate debt to €4bn ­— now the board and creditors must approve the scheme before March 28.

DekaBank made a rare appearance in the public bond market on Monday, but found itself the only FIG borrower active in euros as sentiment took a turn for the worse.

The Dominican Republic gave a further indication of Latin American borrowers’ new pragmatic attitude to market access by taking the unusual step of raising $1bn of 10 year money on a Friday.

Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has given approval to four foreign institutions to issue baht-denominated bonds by September 30.

Singapore's Housing Development Board returned to the domestic market last week, raising S$1bn ($700m) from a deal that showcased the issuer’s strong credentials among Singapore dollar bond investors.