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Commodities trader Gunvor Singapore is back for its annual refinancing, attracting commitments from 13 banks even before the $800m loan was launched into general syndication.

Chinese property developers are rushing to sell dollar bonds as momentum picks up and the market stabilises. While heavy supply is weighing on investors’ minds, their familiarity with the sector and issuers’ willingness to pay up may be able to safeguard the deals.

Yuexiu Property Company priced a two-tranche dollar bond on Thursday but decided to ditch a potential offshore renminbi deal. Separately, Peking University Founder Group Co returned with another bond with a keepwell structure for $425m.

Summit Power International has opened books for the first IPO of a Bangladeshi firm in Singapore, hoping to raise $260m.

Sarimelati Kencana, the owner of the Pizza Hut franchise in Indonesia, began premarketing its $100m IPO this week, as the country’s equities market gears up for more action.

Bank of China (BOC) returned to the bond market with a Belt and Road blockbuster this week, raising around $3.2bn from a multi-tranche, multi-currency deal. Addison Gong reports.

Bank of China has priced bonds denominated in US dollars, euros and Australian dollars worth $3bn-equivalent, with another two tranches in New Zealand dollars set to be priced on Wednesday. The deal, sold under different branches of the bank, reflects the relentless bid for floating rate notes (FRNs).

Logan Property Holdings Company sold its first Singapore-dollar denominated bond on Tuesday to support its growing presence in the country, raising a larger-than-expected S$200m ($152.6m). The deal is the first in the currency from a Chinese real estate name in almost four years.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China raised $1.2bn on Monday from two floating rate notes (FRNs) issued through its Singapore branch, getting ahead of peer Bank of China which kicked off a jumbo Belt and Road-related transaction.

A group of 23 banks opened syndication for Tata Steel’s $1.86bn dual-currency facility on Monday, but only after the deal went through numerous changes on its way to the market.

Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (MGCCT) has hired banks to manage a S$323.1m ($246m) equity raise that will be used to buy some Japanese assets.

Peking University Founder Group Co, BOC Aviation and Yuexiu Property Co are meeting investors for their upcoming bond plans, while China National Chemical Corp’s Swiss subsidiary Syngenta is also gearing up for a mega deal.