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China’s once-hot fintech IPOs are losing some of their sheen, as an apparent crackdown by regulators has forced recent US listings to be priced below their initial range or break issue price. But ECM bankers are not giving up yet, as investor education begins on the sixth Chinese fintech IPO in New York this year. John Loh reports.

Energy company Talen Energy priced a new high yield bond on Tuesday, but the firm had to sweeten the deal with an extra year of non call protection for investors as sentiment remains shaky on US sub-investment grade debt.

Intercontinental Exchange, the exchange and clearing house operator, has reshuffled its top management team, with Benjamin Jackson, formerly chief commercial officer, named president.

Singapore’s green bond market cracked open a bit further on Tuesday when Canadian life insurer Manulife Financial Corp sold a S$500m ($367.5m) tier two bond, only the second green deal in the currency.

The US high yield market suffered another casualty on Monday with a third energy deal pulled in as many days, but other issuers have braved the turmoil to price new deals and there is a healthy line of borrowers keen to follow them.

Investors in green corporate bonds had two very different deals offered to them on Tuesday. Spanish utility Iberdrola sold a green hybrid bond, while Toyota Motor Credit Corp, Toyota’s auto finance subsidiary, offered a long 3.5 year green tranche alongside a seven year non-green tranche.

HSBC will speak to investors from Tuesday about its new sustainable development goal (SDG) bond framework, with a deal expected to follow.

LexinFintech Holdings is the latest Chinese online consumer lender to file for an IPO in the US, picking Nasdaq for a $500m listing.

Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial Corp kicked off a Singapore dollar-denominated subordinated green bond sale on Tuesday morning local time.

After a long rally in US high yield credit, concerns over tax reform, weak earnings and merger struggles sparked a $2bn outflow from funds tracking the sector last week. Two energy issuers pulled deals during the week, but that did not stop three energy issuers stepping back into the market on Monday.

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Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial Corp has named banks to lead a Singapore dollar-denominated subordinated green bond.