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Johnson Control’s automotive business, Adient, on Monday began a roadshow for $2bn-equivalent of high yield notes, with a 17 strong group of bookrunners.

Ghana is on the road this week for its first standalone bond since 2014. The government will use the new issue to buy back its $500m 2017s as part of its push towards "smart" debt management. In a market where yield is king, bankers expect the deal to go well, despite concerns about the country's widening budget deficit.

Adani Transmission’s maiden $500m bond saw overwhelming demand of more than $5bn on Thursday as the issuer left plenty of money on the table for investors — which was reflected in secondary with the notes tightening 20bp.

NTPC is gearing up for India’s first offshore rupee-denominated green bond, having hired four banks to handle what could be a landmark offering.

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group has roped in two lenders for an $800m financing to support its acquisition of Indian firm Gland Pharma.

Export-Import Bank of India took the 144A route for the first time as it builds up its track record in the debt market. It was a masterstroke move for the issuer, as it got away with top notch pricing and saw US investors taking more than 60% of the notes.

In this round-up, growing Singapore-Chongqing ties, RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) adds Singapore entity, and Bank of China’s RMB Index sees an uptick in May. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB’s coverage this week.

They may be locked out of bond markets but Turkey’s financial institutions still have access to loan funding. But as this week showed, following the attempted coup in the country on July 15, the deals they strike are changing shape. Robert Cooke reports.

A string of Middle East issuers is expected in the Formosa market over the next 12 months, according to a DCM banker in Dubai, who added that investors are keen to look at corporates from the region as well as banks.

Citic CLSA Securities has appointed former Credit Suisse banker Kelvin Leung as its head of syndicate for capital markets, filling a seat left vacant after the departure of Stuart Wilson.

The Indian debt capital markets came alive on Thursday with two issuers out the gates as Export-Import Bank of India and Adani Transmission launched their respective 10 year dollar bonds.

A group of international banks are understood be close to signing a $1.4bn project finance loan for a major oil and gas field development, expected to transform Ghana's domestic energy distribution.