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Glencore, the Swiss mining and commodities company, has returned to the equity-linked market with a $125m tap of its non-dilutive convertible bonds due in March 2025, placed overnight on Wednesday evening.

BNP Paribas has added new blood to its Prime Solutions and Financing (PS&F) division with two hires in its New York office.

BOC Aviation made its fourth dollar market outing of the year on Wednesday, locking up $500m from a tightly priced floating rate transaction.

Mapletree Logistics Trust sealed its second overnight fundraising for the year and its largest follow-on offering in a decade on Wednesday, bagging S$375m ($274m) to acquire properties in Singapore.

Four Chinese high yield issuers sealed bonds on Wednesday, when a total of nine deals were priced in the primary market in Asia ex-Japan, making it the busiest day in the region in months.

Frasers Property has sealed the first secured green loan from Singapore and southeast Asia, raising S$1.2bn ($876m). Bankers say this is only the beginning as borrowers in Asia slowly but steadily make the environment and sustainability their top priorities, writes Pan Yue.

Toyota may be a familiar name in the corporate bond markets, but Toyota Motor Finance Netherlands BV stepped out of the shadow of some of its parent company’s better known subsidiaries to issue its first benchmark bond in a major currency.

China National Building Material (CNBM) is considering changing the guarantor of its $160m debut offshore borrowing in a bid to cut pricing.

Cassa Depositi e Prestiti on Tuesday brought the first syndicated SSA supply from Italy since a large sell-off in BTPs began in May — and investors appeared happy with the risk, allowing tightened pricing and a well-oversubscribed book. The sustainability bond came amid a flurry of SRI deals.

Japanese issuers are not frequently seen in the European corporate bond markets, but this week could have two companies going head to head with benchmark euro transactions. Japan Tobacco will sell its first new issues in Europe, while Toyota is better known to investors on the continent.

China Construction Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co’s Hong Kong branch rolled out floating rate notes on Monday, grabbing both dollar and euro investors’ attention.

Société du Grand Paris mandated banks on Monday to market its debut green bond.