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Birla Carbon, part of the India’s Aditya Birla Group, has shortlisted banks to supply a $925m dual-tranche facility that will replace a loan it borrowed in 2011.

India’s Jindal Steel & Power is understood to have asked banks to relax a covenant on a $400m borrowing sealed in April 2013.

South Africa’s Investec Bank is accessing the syndicated loan market for the fifth time this year, and is shaking things up by tapping Asian bank liquidity for a $100m three year borrowing.

Two leasing companies have rolled out their loans into general syndication, with China Universal Leasing seeking Rmb800m ($126m) from onshore lenders and CDB Leasing looking for $300m offshore.

Thursday may be bonfire night in the UK but all the fireworks in the loan market were taking place in the Middle East this week, as Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ) launched a $800m loan alongside three other banks and with a loan for Oman also in the pipeline.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) timed its first outing to the offshore bond market after a sovereign rating upgrade perfectly. This time around, the Korean policy bank kept money on the table to woo US investors rather than relying on strong onshore demand to be aggressive with pricing.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is testing investors’ appetite for a dollar bond, its first since receiving a credit boost from Standard & Poor’s in September.

CDB Leasing has approached lenders for a $300m fundraising, marking its second outing in the loan market this year.

China Cinda Asset Management has sent out a request for proposals for a loan of around $5bn to back its bid for the acquisition of Nanyang Commercial Bank, according to sources.

OUE Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), which is looking for a S$360m ($258m) three year loan to fund acquisitions, has launched the deal into general syndication.

BPCE, the French banking group, launched its first Australian deal since April, a tier two deal which attracted strong demand from investors.

KfW has found stronger than expected demand after tapping the belly of its Kangaroo bond curve, as a Canadian province printed at the long end in the format.