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Italy’s biggest listed investment bank has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in UK asset manager Cairn Capital, as it seeks to broaden its footprint outside Italy.

India’s Yes Bank made waves this week selling only its second green bond on August 5. The the Rp3.15bn ($49.2m) 10 year trade is backed by the world’s first green Masala debt issued by International Finance Corp (IFC).

Barbados-based insurer Sagicor Financial Corp kept eyes on screens in the Latin America market this week. The firm priced its second ever international deal, while the CEEMEA market is using summer for consent solicitations.

The Kingdom of Thailand is gearing up for its third inflation-linked bond, having appointed a trio of banks to arrange the deal.

HNA Tourism Group Co has raised Rmb450m ($72m) from its first bond issue, which was driven by investor enquiry. The two year deal offers investors the highest coupon in CNH since the start of 2015.

ICICI Bank is back for more dollars for a new five year bond on August 5, its first outing in 2015.

China’s eHi Car Services has thrown in the towel on its first attempt to issue a maiden dollar bond due to weak demand. Bankers away from the deal and investors say that a combination of bad timing and bad pricing was to blame.

Filipino property firm DM Wenceslao and Associates Inc has filed for a listing to raise $200m, in a deal led by BPI Capital, Citic CLSA Securities, Deutsche Bank and Maybank. The float is expected to go live in the fourth quarter of this year, say bankers.

Louis Dreyfus Commodities Asia has sealed its $400m three year revolver, with a group of 38 banks. The loan, which was signed at the end of July, attracted mostly the company’s relationship banks, said a banker at one of the leads.

Recommendations on foreign exchange and interest rate reform in China were at the heart of this week's International Monetary Fund's interim report on its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) review, despite the market's more immediate focus on the report's suggestion that addition of the renminbi to the SDR could involve a nine-month preparation period after any decision later this year.

The inclusion of A-shares in institutional investors' portfolios is inevitable, although the process will be a gradual one for index providers, exchanges and money managers, FTSE Russell chief executive Mark Makepeace has told GlobalRMB.

The renminbi is unlikely to be added to the basket of currencies underlying the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) facility until October 2016, even if the IMF Executive Board were to recommend inclusion when it announces the results of its review later this year, according to an IMF report on Tuesday night.