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Bank of Qingdao Co is looking to raise up to HK$5.2bn ($666m) in a Hong Kong listing, with the trade opening books on November 20. This makes it the first of a handful of Chinese city commercial banks to launch their IPOs in the city.

Construction firm Datem, which received approval from the Philippine Stock Exchange earlier this month for its IPO, has decided to postpone its plans.

Hong Kong property company New World Development was out in the dollar bond market on November 20, marking its first offering this year.

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings returned to the dollar bond market following a hiatus of nearly three years, pricing a $200m deal inside its existing curve.

New Hope International has wrapped up syndication of a $100m facility that came with a guarantee from its parent, Chinese agribusiness New Hope Group.

Flat Glass Group Co priced its Hong Kong IPO at the bottom of an indicative range on November 19, raising HK$945m ($122m) as investors gave the solar glass maker a lukewarm response.

Mercuria Energy has wound up its latest multi-tranche loan at an increased size of $1.1bn. The shorter one year portion proved popular among lenders, but a three year tranche ended up being scaled back.

Korean Air Lines has raised $300m from a hybrid bond that came with a guarantee from the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim). But the issuer’s credit fundamentals posed a challenge, with investors split over finding the best comparable for the notes.

China Construction Bank (Asia) has priced a two year dim sum amid a market sentiment that is less than favourable for dim sum issuance. However like other recent deals from state-owned banks, this latest trade was driven more by diplomacy than funding needs.

Birla Carbon, part of India’s Aditya Birla Group, has opened its $925m refinancing into general syndication via five mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

Chinese water treatment firm Citic Envirotech has printed its first dollar bond, raising $175m from a trade that was designed to take advantage of Asian private banks’ increasing need for yield.

Fiat’s Indian arm has approached lenders for a $250m loan to fund projects in the country. The deal is one of the few offshore fresh money borrowings from India this year.