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The Chicago Board Options Exchange is to launch futures and options on the CBOE Volatility Index with weekly expiries.

Puradelta Lestari has opened books on its Rph3.79tr ($293.28m) IPO in Indonesia, kicking off its second attempt. A shaky market could again rear its ugly head but bankers are feeling more assured this time around after the issuer agreed to a hefty discount.

Following their merger close to two years ago, the integration between the investment banking units of Citic Securites and CLSA has finally been formalised with the launch of Citic CLSA Securities on May 4.

Women’s apparel maker E-Land World has unzipped a $200m dual trancher with four mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

India’s Ikya Human Capital Solutions is taking steps forward in getting its IPO up and running, having picked banks to help lead its $200m listing slated for this year.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) is poised to play an important role in China's upcoming offshore renminbi Cross-border Inter-bank Payment System (CIPS).

A weak Chinese manufacturing report has triggered offered-side interest in 5-10 year CNY swaps. But the curve has steepened on short-end outperformance backed by expectations of further monetary easing measures by the People's Bank of China (PBoC), writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.

Real estate developer Vietnam Investment Group Joint Stock Co (VIG) is looking to borrow $125m offshore in a deal led by one bank.

China’s KaiLong, a property investor and manager, is seeking to raise S$200m ($150.27m) by floating its industrial parks in Shanghai as a real estate investment trust (Reit) on the Singapore stock exchange.

Shareholders of UFO Moviez have added Rp6.125bn ($96m) to their coffers after the company’s IPO priced at the top of guidance, despite the deal seeing just a small oversubscription because of the recent battering suffered by the Indian stock index.

Huawei Investment & Holding Co has mandated five banks ahead of its inaugural dollar bond that will hit the market as early as next week.

Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Holdings has tied up an Rmb500m ($81.7m) term loan with a group of five lenders in a transaction that marks the first Hong Kong-Qianhai cross-border renminbi syndication. Though the financing demonstrates appetite by banks in Hong Kong for offshore renminbi deals, onshore loosening will likely crimp further business coming their way.