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Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s state-owned investment fund, returned to its domestic market for the second time this month, raising S$1bn ($709m) in a response to runaway demand for its most recent deal.

Barclays Capital’s Asian expansion into investment banking, prompted suggestions that it could be distracted from its traditional focus on credit. A string of debt mandates refutes those charges, but rivals are growing stronger and fees are under pressure. Andy Jones, Barclays Capital’s co-head of global finance and risk solutions in Asia Pacific, tells Matthew Thomas how he hopes to get one up on the competition without getting into a fight.

Export-Import Bank of India raised $300m this week from a neatly executed international bond, paving the way for other Indian issuers, such as Bank of Baroda, to access the debt capital markets.

Thailand’s Government Housing Bank is planning to issue the country’s first residential mortgage-backed securitisation after turning its back on a long-awaited plan for an international deal.