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Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) sealed a $1bn bond this week, pricing both tranches of the deal inside some fair value estimates.

ICBC International Holdings priced a three year bond on Monday with the support of a 22-member syndicate team.

Chinese securities house Shenwan Hongyuan Securities bagged $500m from its five year bond sale on Wednesday.

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan returned to the bond market on Wednesday, raising $1bn in a triple part tap of its existing dollar bonds. Market participants say they are ‘impressed’ with the way reforms are headed in the South Asian country amid its International Monetary Fund programme.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) leaned on a large syndicate team to sell a dual-currency bond that was mainly bought by other Chinese banks.

Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group, a Chinese state-owned company, has returned to the loan market after three years for a sustainability-linked facility.

Bank of China has notched yet another first in Asia’s debt market. The firm’s Hong Kong arm has raised Rmb1.5bn ($232m) from an offshore dim sum bond tagged as a ‘sustainable and smart living’ green deal, aimed at meeting the Mainland’s ambitious carbon neutrality goals.

Four Chinese local government financing vehicles courted dollar investors on Tuesday, raising $870m between them.

The Republic of the Philippines focused on investors keen to buy long-dated bonds by selling a dual tranche dollar deal this week. The $3bn trade featured a chunky $2.25bn 25 year portion that easily trumped the sovereign's last similar outing.

Chinese local government financing vehicle Linyi City Construction Investment Group Co nabbed $300m from an offshore bond on Monday.

Zhongyuan Yuzi Investment Holding Group Co has become the first Chinese local government owned firm from Henan to price an offshore bond since the high-profile default of another issuer from the same province last November.

Altana, a German speciality chemicals company, has moved its main bank line to a sustainability-linked structure, with the borrower negotiating a margin in line with its pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.