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Buriram Sugar Group Power Plant Infrastructure Fund priced its IPO in Thailand near the top of the marketing range last Friday to raise Bt3.6bn ($108.2m).

Indonesian palm oil company Tunas Baru Lampung (TBLA) is looking for a Singapore dollar deal, marking its first bond in the currency as well as its maiden offshore deal.

Malaysian lender Maybank priced its first onshore renminbi bond on July 21, with the Rmb1bn ($148m) three year deal closing books early in the afternoon.

After a dire first half of the year, the Panda bonds market had a busy week with five issuers either pricing their deals or revealing their intention to come to the market. While red chip real estate names still make up most of the pipeline, sovereign and local government issuers are starting to get a piece of the action, with Hungary and the Province of British Columbia (BC) leading the way.

Panda bonds are finally coming back to life after a dire first half. But although all the conditions are in place for an issuance boom, there is reason to doubt quite how high volumes will go.

The State Council grants PBoC greater powers with new commission, China reports 6.9% year-on-year GDP growth in the second quarter, and Spain plans its first Panda bond.

Malaysian lender Maybank announced price guidance for its debut Panda issue on Wednesday, a day before it was scheduled to finish a roadshow for the deal.

QSR Brands is not expected to launch its MR2bn ($466m) Malaysia IPO until the end of the year due to operational issues, according to bankers.

Lotte Chemical Titan sealed the largest Malaysian IPO in nearly five years this week, raising MR3.8bn ($884.0m). But the deal was anything but pretty. After a bungled first attempt at building a book, the issuer was forced to return with a smaller offering and lower price range. Jonathan Breen and John Loh report.

Malaysia-based Lotte Chemical Titan Holding has sealed its MR3.8bn ($884.0m) IPO at the bottom of guidance after reopening the deal on Monday at a lower price range and smaller size.

Malaysian petrochemical firm Lotte Chemical Titan Holding has relaunched its up to MR5.9bn ($1.4bn) IPO and is taking orders for a day, slashing the price range and offering size to secure additional long-only investors.

Lotte Chemical Titan Holding, the Malaysian arm of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, has finished bookbuilding for the largest Malaysian IPO since Astro Malaysia Holdings' listing in October 2012.