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Hope Education Group made its debut visit to the equity capital market this week, raising HK$1.2bn ($153m) after increasing the size of a primary share placement.

Investors threw their weight behind Housing Development Finance Corp's Rp140bn ($1.87bn) fundraising this week.

CMB Financial Leasing Co returned with five year and 10 year dual-tranche bonds on Wednesday, selling the first decade bond from a Chinese FIG credit in more than a month as costs for longer-dated notes fall.

Charles-Antoine Roche has joined Citi’s sovereign, supranational and agency syndicate desk after spending over a decade in the bank’s medium term notes business.

Alibaba Health Information Technology has sealed Hong Kong’s largest primary follow-on in five years, navigating concerns over high valuations to increase the size of the deal to HK$10bn ($1.29bn).

Alibaba Health Information Technology hit the market on Tuesday evening to raise up to HK$8.2bn ($1.06bn) in fresh equity from a follow-on, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

A recent flurry of bonds from financial institutions did not dent appetite among investors for China International Capital Corp’s (CICC) $500m deal on Monday.

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings received huge support from investors for its $200m bond on Monday. The deal’s modest size and expectations of limited imminent supply from Chinese property credits helped the firm get away with a negative new issue premium of about 10bp.

Shriram Transport Finance Co has scooped up Rp14.9bn ($199m) from a rights issue in India.

UBS lit up the dollar market with a $2.6bn trade this week that went some way to filling the supply gap created by a lack of issuance from Wall Street’s big guns.

The enduring health of the dollar new issue market was on display this week as companies emerged from earnings blackout to front-load funding ahead of the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve’s open market committee.

Citi, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse all launched pledges related to environmentally friendly financing this week, as banks face continued pressure to make their balance sheet greener. The details of the announcements also displayed how the idea of “transitioning” high-carbon companies to become more sustainable has become popular in banking.