Credit Suisse

A pair of chunky fundraisings in Asia have been lapped up by banks, as China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group look to wrap up syndications next week.

UK gaming group GVC Holdings has launched a £1.9bn equivalent loan facility into general syndication, as the company edges closer to its up to £3.9bn acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral.

A debut trade from Stark Group, the Nordic building materials supplier, gave high yield investors their first chance to invest in single-B rated bonds in about a month. The deal announcement arrived while market participants were still assessing the victory of Eurosceptic parties in the weekend's general election in Italy.

Credit Suisse’s top man in loan syndications for Asia is leaving the bank to pursue new opportunities, according to sources close to the move.

Indian agriculture company UPL Corp grabbed $300m from the sale of a 10 year bullet maturity bond on Thursday, after fighting the weak market backdrop to get the deal done.

The new issue US dollar bond market roared back to life as volatility dropped and corporates took advantage of favourable conditions with $17bn of supply coming from 19 borrowers.

The Commercial Bank of Qatar sold three year Swiss franc bonds on Tuesday, to serve as the best illustration yet of the rekindling of the relationship between Swiss buyers and Middle Eastern financial credits that could bloom into a record year for issuance, writes Silas Brown.

March could be the month Indian international bond issuance soars. Corporations from the country are ready to hit the offshore debt market as a weaker domestic market puts pressure on fundraising.

Baidu-backed video streaming service iQiyi and Chinese hotel operator GreenTree Hospitality Group are readying a pair of US IPOs for the end of March to raise a combined $1.7bn.

Investors interested in Chinese property bonds had plenty to choose from this week. Eight high yield real estate names raised more than $2.4bn in dollar bonds, with yields ranging from low-6% to over 10%.

Equity investors threw their support behind Housing Development Finance Corp’s Rp19bn ($291.3m) fundraising this week, as the mortgage lender steered clear of a scandal that has engulfed India’s state-owned banks. It showed that the qualified institutional placement market is still open for the right names, writes John Loh.

Four of the six deals in the primary market in Asia on Tuesday were from Chinese real estate companies. But despite the inevitable competitive dynamics between the trades, Modern Land (China) Co, Yuzhou Properties Company, Guorui Properties and Tahoe Group Co were all able to meet their targets.