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VietinBank, one of the largest state-owned commercial lenders in Vietnam, has returned to the loan market, just four months after tying up its last fundraising.

Standard Chartered has become the first non-Chinese bank in Singapore to close a dollar-renminbi FX forward trade via the onshore China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), the firm said in a statement on Thursday.

It has been a long time coming but Indonesia has finally regained its investment grade status from all three major ratings agencies, after S&P boosted the sovereign’s rating to BBB- from BB+ with a stable outlook on May 19.

The Asia ex-Japan G3 bond market saw a slew of issuers from a variety of backgrounds hit the market on Thursday, with borrowers from Greater China as well as Indonesia venturing offshore.

Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility (CGIF) and infrastructure consulting firm Surbana Jurong are joining up to boost the use of local currency bonds in funding greenfield infrastructure projects in southeast Asia.

Lotte Chemical Titan, the Malaysia-based arm of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, has fixed a ceiling price for its MR5.9bn ($1.4bn) IPO.

Internet and mobile platform company Sea, formerly known as Garena Interactive Holding, is planning a US IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Malaysia’s Axis Real Estate Investment Trust is planning a placement of new units that could raise some MR465.4m ($108.1m), said the company.

The Republic of Indonesia released further guidance for its four-tranche yen transaction on Wednesday, with pricing expected in a week. The Samurai bond comes around the time the sovereign regained its investment grade status from the last of the three major ratings agencies

Beijing Gas Group Company and China Construction Bank (Hong Kong) have opened books for a fixed five year bullet and a three year floater, respectively.

ANZ has appointed a new chief executive officer for the Philippines, picking from within for the top role.

S&P has raised Indonesia’s long-term sovereign credit rating to BBB- from BB+ with a stable outlook, on the back of reduced risks to the country’s fiscal metrics. Seven corporates were also upgraded by the agency last Friday.