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China Construction Bank (CCB) Financial Leasing Corp came straight to the market after a roadshow for its debut dollar outing. Bankers on the deal hope the borrower’s strong name in a rare sector as well as decent premium attract strong demand.

Xinte Energy, a Chinese company that operates in the photovoltaic industry, is seeking a listing that could raise as much as $400m-$500m in Hong Kong, having filed a preliminary prospectus with the city’s regulator on July 20.

Tata Steel is looking to reprice a $3.1bn refinancing it sealed in 2014 and has asked banks on that deal for feedback. Although the loan is not performing remarkably in secondary, the company will be able to cut costs thanks to its solid banking relationships, said a source who worked on the 2014 borrowing.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Singapore has completed the first onshore RMB repo transaction among foreign institutions, after the Chinese central bank gave the green light to offshore RMB clearing banks and RMB clearing correspondent banks to participate in the onshore repo market.

Existing shareholders have sprung into action to support Jardine Cycle & Carriage’s S$1.0bn ($729m) one-for-nine rights issue, with the deal ending up well oversubscribed.

Bank of China’s (BoC) latest level for its cross-border RMB Index (CRI) shows that RMB usage in overseas markets reached a high in May, with the share of RMB usage in global payments standing at 2.18%, exceeding the previous record of 2.17% in December 2014.

Marking the five year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has put forward a wish list of “targeted amendments” for derivatives regulatory regimes.

Cellnex Telecom, the broadcasting tower business floated by Abertis Infraestructuras in May, marketed and sold its first bond issue on Monday, raising €600m.

German debt collector Garfunkelux issued a €365m high yield bond on Monday, becoming the first in the mainstream, public euro high yield market since June 24.

A strong compression in implied volatility globally across most asset classes has brought euro/dollar volatility to near dead calm, despite unanswered questions about what the results of Greece’s bail-out discussions will be.

Ado Properties relaunched its €400m initial public offering in Frankfurt on Monday, less than a month after postponing the deal because of the Greek debt crisis.

The chief executive and other top officers of Merlin Properties, the acquisitive Spanish real estate company, have been on the road this week, for the company’s second rights issue in three months, as it seeks €1.034bn to buy Testa, another property firm.