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It’s been a long time since the European investment grade corporate bond new issue market fell silent for eight days, but that has just happened, as a volatile Bund market and worries about Greece’s fraught negotiations with its creditors have made issuers and investors wary of the primary market.

With more than 20 initial public offerings in the market in the pre-summer rush to get deals done, more and more equity capital markets bankers believe not all the transactions can succeed.

The bulk of respondents to Ferrexpo’s exchange offer have voted in favour of the issuer’s plans, the company said this week.

Singapore is finally getting its first covered bond, with the Lion City’s largest bank DBS set to go on the road to gauge investor interest.

AirAsia aims to list its lossmaking Indonesian and Philippines associates in 2017, with a target to float 20% of the shares and raise at least $150m, as its shares come under heavy fire from a report questioning its accounting practices.

The London Stock Exchange Group is seeing a proliferation of RMB-denominated products being listed and traded on its venues, with subsidiary FTSE Russell’s recent decision to include A shares in its indices likely to provide a further boost, the exchange told a forum held in Hong Kong this week.

Singapore-based UOB has established a cross-border team focusing on its clients' RMB solutions needs, the bank said on June 17.

Middle East mandates are keeping CEEMEA supply hopes alive in a difficult market, and even Ramadan’s arrival will not close the window for new deals.

Emirates National Oil Co is set to finally close a $1.5bn-equivalent loan today (Wednesday), having discussed it since the start of the year.

Dim sum regular Caterpillar Financial Services Corp priced its first offshore renminbi (CNH) bond of the year on June 16, raising Rmb1bn ($161m). The company decided to tap the market this week after being encouraged by the recent bullish secondary performance of its outstanding bond.

Flat Glass Group, the world’s largest photovoltaic glass manufacturer by sales, is planning a third or fourth quarter IPO in Hong Kong to raise as much as $300m.

Women’s clothing maker E-Land World has received a good response for its $200m dual tranche borrowing, which could lead the company to increase the facility's size. Bankers attributed the deal’s success to the company’s steady growth in China and attractive pricing.