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Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company opened books for a Bt12.72bn ($371m) preferential public offering on Monday, July 20, following non-deal roadshows that brought some positive feedback from the investor community.

China Railway Signal & Communications Corp (CRSC) started investor education for its $2bn Hong Kong IPO on Monday, July 20, becoming the first issuer brave enough to proceed with its equity-raising plans following the mainland stock market’s dramatic collapse earlier this month.

China Minsheng Investment’s (CMI) $300m offering on July 16 resonated well with the combination of robust anchor demand, a standby letter of credit (SBLC) and juicy yields proving a winning recipe.

Deutsche Wohnen, the German property company, issued its first conventional bond on Thursday, benefiting from strong market sentiment after Greece’s parliament approved a new bailout package.

J Sainsbury, the unrated UK supermarket chain, on Thursday became the first issuer to join the corporate bond pipeline in three weeks, announcing a roadshow for a possible hybrid capital deal.

China Minsheng Investment (CMI) went live on July 16 with its debut dollar bond, while China Minmetals Corp has appointed banks for a dollar bond.

Three block trades took place on Tuesday night, as Europe’s equity capital markets appear to be returning to normality after the stress of the Greek debt negotiations of the past few weeks.

Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) has announced a series of investor meetings in Asia, Europe and US as it gears up for the first offshore bond of 2015.

Asia’s primary debt capital market was crowded on July 14 as opportunistic issuers rushed out to take advantage of a favourable, but perhaps short, issuance window. Korea Gas Corp (KoGas) was among the throng.

NagaCorp, which runs the only licensed casino in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, is said to be sounding out the market for a borrowing of around $300m to fund its expansion in Cambodia.

No sooner had the first tentative signs appeared of an agreement over Greece's debt crisis than the Asia ex-Japan primary debt capital markets finally woke up to some action from a trio of deals.

Bluefield Partners, the UK solar energy investment firm, launched on Monday the bookbuild for the IPO of a new fund, despite the failure of two solar power IPOs in the past three months. The sale will run until July 30.