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Malakoff, the power arm of MMC Corp, is on track to raise a chunky MR2.74bn ($740.14m) via an IPO in Malaysia, making it the country’s largest listing in nearly two years following a dry spell in 2014.

CNY swaps were subject to better receiving interest on Tuesday. An open market operation by the People's Bank of China (PBoC) has backed short-end offers, while economic optimism is said to be behind receiving in five years, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.

MCT Consortium is set to open books next week on its MR594.75m ($160.66m) IPO in Malaysia, after securing local anchor investors for half of the trade.

Bank of China Aviation is planning to meet with investors over a potential dollar-denominated offering starting on March 18. But unlike all its previous outings, the aircraft leasing company is choosing a different route as it sets its sight on a 144A trade.

JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched a share class hedged to the renminbi for its Japan (Yen) Fund, which aims to provide long-term capital growth through investment primarily in Japanese securities and other securities whose performance is linked to the Japanese economy, the company said on March 16.

SB Asia Investment is offloading some of its shares in New York-listed online marketplace provider 58.com, in a deal that could raise it up to $110.5m.

Terms have emerged for notebook manufacturer Clevo’s $120m five year fundraising, which is scheduled to hit general syndication on March 20.

South Korea’s Cowell e Holdings opened bookbuilding for its Hong Kong IPO of HK$1.196bn ($154m) on March 17, with healthy indications coming from prospective investors ahead of the trade’s launch.

Italian lender Intesa Sanpaolo, the second largest by assets in the country, closed its first Formosa deal on March 13, a 5.25% three year bond that raised Rmb425m ($67.9m).

Colombia’s second largest telecoms company ColTel (Colombian Telecomunicaciones) is meeting investors about the possibility of issuing a hybrid bond.

Bi Mingjian, a founding member of CICC, has returned as CEO following a 10 year absence, the Chinese broker announced on March 16.

Bookrunners on a rare structured bond in Peru designed to enable investors to finance a greenfield project with reduced risk are hoping to issue as soon as this week.