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SingTel signed loans worth a chunky S$3.5bn ($2.8bn) via two separate facilities this week, with a large number of banks piling in.

Colombian pipeline company Ocensa plans to price its debut international bond on Wednesday after tightening initial price thoughts to official guidance that would equate to a premium of 25bp over its parent, Ecopetrol, splitting investor opinion on the value of the new deal.

Greek gaming firm Intralot is on the penultimate day of roadshowing its new bond issue, as it seeks to raise €200m of seven year non-call three senior notes.

Majid Al Futtaim and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) have continued the theme of United Arab Emirates borrowers issuing longer term paper, with both firms looking to price 10 year bonds on Tuesday.

Lenovo's lack of a rating is not putting investors off the new five year bond that it kicked off on Tuesday, although bankers reckon that the issuer will have to pay up a little. By late afternoon in Hong Kong, the Chinese computer giant had already amassed $2bn of orders for its five year bond, which is due to price overnight.

Korea Resources Corporation (KoRes) opened books for a five year transaction on Tuesday morning as the issuer looks to repay a project financing facility for a mining project in Mexico.

Coca-Cola Enterprises launched a small bond issue of €250m today that priced exceptionally tightly. That is not unusual for the issuer, but it was helped by the very slight issuance of euro corporate bonds for the past fortnight.

It is the first international bond issuer from Bangladesh, but Banglalink Digital Communications faced more than the usual debutant challenges in its deal last Friday.

Australia’s Spotless Group Holding, an outsourcing, laundry and linen services provider, is set to borrow loans worth around A$840m ($778.8m) after the company closes its initial public offering of A$1bn.

Doosan Infracore International (DII) and Doosan Holdings Europe (DHEL), part of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, are seeking a $1.3bn senior secured term loan from the US market.

Perusahaan Gas Negara is meeting bankers in Jakarta on Tuesday, April 29, as bankers await a decision on whether the Indonesian company will close its $1.5bn loan onshore or offshore.

Nicholas Lee, managing director and head of syndicate for Asia equity capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has left the firm to join an investor.