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Nine mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners have invited lenders to join the international loan market debut of Ant Financial subsidiary, Alipay (Hong Kong) Holding. The money will partly be used to support Ant’s bid to acquire MoneyGram.

Chinese iron and steel making conglomerate Hesteel Group Co has snapped up $500m on the back of a price rally in the steel sector onshore, with bankers praising the company’s efforts to woo accounts during a roadshow.

Senior loans banker Sean Joseph left ANZ Bank on Friday, according to a source close to the matter.

Issuers from Greater China are dominating the dollar debt market, as they vie for investor attention on Thursday alongside a couple of south and southeast Asian names.

Allocations have emerged for a $1.75bn multi-tranche borrowing by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, with retail liquidity ending up concentrated on a longer dated portion.

A $1.75bn borrowing for Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, which entered general syndication at the beginning of February, has wrapped up, with allocations expected to be issued soon.

China Evergrande Group is selling a seven non call four bond, just a week after raising $1.5bn, while state-owned Hesteel Group Co has picked firms to work on a Reg S transaction.

Hong Kong-listed Fosun International is back in the syndicated loan market for $650m equivalent to refinance a $800m deal raised two years ago.

Oil products storage and distribution firm Puma Energy is back in the loan market for a two-pronged $570m financing, to extend as well as replace some of its existing debt.

Philippines’ Petron Corp is tapping the syndications market for $600m to partly refinance a term loan due next year, as well as some peso-denominated notes.

Shares in Prosegur Cash, the Spanish cash handling company, closed 3.75% higher in Madrid after it made its stockmarket debut on Friday, having priced its IPO at the top of its revised price range on Thursday.

Queensland Treasury Corp on Wednesday became the second Australian sub-sovereign government to issue a green bond.