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Australia and New Zealand Bank has appointed a new director to its loan syndications team in China.

China Water Affairs Group has picked one bank to arrange a $100m fundraising, hitting the loan market for the first time in more than a year.

Duo leads Tata Chem’s sterling financing — ONGC to net $1.775bn from four — Viettel Cambodia beams $50m loan — Minsheng Leasing trims borrowing to $150m

Poultry feed producer Charoen Pokphand (CP) Indonesia is tapping the syndicated loan market for a $355m dual-currency fundraising, split between rupiah and dollars.

ICBCIL Finance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICBC, has picked banks to work on its return to the international bond market, in what would only be its second dollar deal.

A $550m three tranche borrowing for Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has launched into general syndication, but not all the mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners are looking to sell down.

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) attracted strong demand for its S$300m ($210m) subordinated perpetual bond, with institutional investors drawn to its credit rating and good name.

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is looking to raise capital for a planned acquisition in Australia, wooing investors in the Singapore dollar hybrid market.

People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has lifted the threshold for multinational corporations (MNCs) to use the cross-border cash pooling scheme across China. The scheme had originally been introduced in the Shanghai pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in early 2014.

ANZ and CIMB impress in this year’s Asiamoney’s Fixed Income Poll with ANZ topping the categories for regional credit and interest rates, while the Malayisan bank comes first in regional commodities services.

Australia and New Zealand Bank has hired from within for its new chief executive, promoting Shayne Elliott to the job.

ANZ has received the final regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Myanmar to open its first branch in the country, deepening the Australian lender's presence in the Greater Mekong region.