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The New Development Bank sold a Rmb5bn ($767m) Panda bond aligned to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals this week. The deal, expected to help mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on the Chinese economy, was priced flat to China Development Bank’s yield curve, and saw solid demand from international investors. Addison Gong reports.

Avic International Leasing Co landed a $500m bond well inside of fair value on Wednesday, thanks to strong support from its syndicate banks.

Singapore-listed Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust has raised a $250m five year sustainability-linked loan from two banks.

Hong Kong JunFa Property Company raised $116m on Monday from a well anchored tap of one of its existing bonds.

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co used a standby letter of credit from Bank of China's Singapore branch to price its $400m bond inside fair value.

India’s Adani Green Energy has raised a $1.35bn green loan to support the construction of projects under its renewable portfolio.

Japfa Comfeed Indonesia sold the country's first sustainability-linked bond this week, leveraging the market fervour for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing to tighten pricing more than it would have for a conventional deal. Morgan Davis reports.

Singapore's Clifford Capital returned to the offshore bond market this week to raise $500m.

Five banks are set to bring nearly Rmb60bn ($9.23bn) of subordinated bond supply to China’s domestic market this week, making it the busiest week for onshore bank capital deals so far this year.

Asia’s debt market was hit with volatility this week, putting pressure on secondary trading, denting primary bond supply and forcing investment grade borrower Indian Railway Finance Corp to pull its dollar transaction. Is there any respite on the way? Morgan Davis finds out.

Chinese car manufacturer BAIC Motor Corp sold a popular $350m bond on Wednesday. While the issuer offered a premium to investors in the primary market, the notes ended up trading tighter in secondary.

Singapore's Temasek Holdings and its wholly owned Azalea Asset Management sold the fourth iteration of the Astrea collateralised fund obligation (CFO) this week. They raised more than $450m from the institutional portion of the deal, using a tried-and-tested structure.