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Singaporean upstream oil and gas company KrisEnergy is seeking S$169.5m ($126.2) in a rights issue for capital expenditure to grow production in existing fields and near-term development projects.

Sunshine 100 China Holdings raised HK$1.28bn ($165.11m) from a top-up placement on June 12 that sold well despite concerns about the liquidity of its shares, after China Everbright Group gobbled up more than half of the deal.

The flood of Chinese brokerages vying for a Hong Kong IPO appears never-ending, with Guolian Securities jumping on the bandwagon by starting to test investor appetite for its $500m listing on June 15.

Short-end CNY swaps have been well bid on the unwinding of bets on a cut in banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) and IPO-related liquidity concerns. Weekend speculation about an RRR cut from the People's Bank of China (PBoC) proved unfounded on Monday, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.

Manulife Financial Corp started drumming up interest for its $400m real estate investment trust (Reit) IPO in Singapore on June 15, paving the way for a number of firsts for the city-state — the first sizeable listing this year, the first Reit IPO in 2015, as well as the first Reit with US assets.

Panamanian electricity generator AES Panama will begin meeting bond investors on Monday ahead of a potential Reg S/144A deal that would be used to finance a tender offer launched on June 4.

New Zealand dairy company, Fonterra Cooperative Group, opened books to its third dim sum bond on Monday. The deal comes amid a recent revival in offshore renminbi bond issuance but a dearth of international corporates names.

A handful of eurozone periphery sovereigns announced on Friday details of auctions for next week — but all were suffering from soft trading in secondaries.

International schools operator Nord Anglia on Friday announced a Sfr235m bond to finance its recent purchase of six schools from Meritas.

Acibadem, the Turkish healthcare company part-owned by Malaysia’s IHH Healthcare, has completed $503m-equivalent of loans with banks.

United Biscuits has returned to the leveraged loan market to seek a repricing of £960m-equivalent of debt it raised in December to back its buyout by Yildiz Holding, the Turkish foods group.

The UK Debt Management Office has announced which banks will run its next planned syndication — which includes a rare name on a UK mandate.