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Indonesian state-owned Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) sold $1.4bn of bonds this week, split equally between 10 year and 30 year tranches, pricing both slightly inside fair value.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority said on Tuesday that Australia’s largest banks would have to use tier two capital to meet their requirements for loss-absorbing debt capacity. But the new targets will start off lower than previously proposed.

Following on from Barclays’ Kangaroo return last month, two more foreign banks looked towards the Australian market on Wednesday. Toronto Dominion Bank placed its inaugural bail-inable Kangaroo and BNP Paribas printed its first Australian dollar AT1 note.

ANZ has restarted its loan syndications business in Europe, hiring two senior bankers in London.

Standard Chartered sailed into uncharted waters on Tuesday to make its Kangaroo debut. The bank issued A$1bn ($700m) across fixed and floating rate tranches, following Barclays' A$800m return to the currency last week.

The Inter-American Development Bank is preparing to launch a new sustainable development bond programme. It will supplement existing EYE (education, youth and employment) bond issuance, and highlight the funding of other sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Barclays returned to the Australian dollar market this week for its second Kangaroo, placing a triple tranche trade that was four times covered. The demand for Kangaroo paper could see more issuers follow Barclays, according to one DCM banker.

Issuance in Swedish kronor picked up this week, with three corporate issuers placing Skr6.28bn ($667.9m) across four private placements, as issuers looked to get in ahead of the midsummer break. In euros, a Dutch and French agency both placed paper, while protests in Hong Kong caused yields to spike in offshore Chinese renminbi and Hong Kong dollars.

Indonesia Eximbank has launched a $900m dual-tranche borrowing into general syndication.

China General Nuclear Power Group has opted for a green loan for its first offshore syndication in almost 30 years. Despite tight pricing, the $500m fundraising is expected to receive a warm welcome from bank lenders who are eager to lend to a state-owned company with strong credentials, writes Pan Yue.

China General Nuclear Power Group is tapping the international loan market for a $500m deal after an absence of almost 30 years.

A pair of Middle Eastern banks, Emirates NBD and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, both placed short-dated sterling MTNs this week.