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Indonesia’s Star Energy Geothermal raised $580m from its debut green bond this week, selling a deal that also had some of the hallmarks of a project finance deal — a rare combination in Asia’s credit market. But the deal hit several speed bumps along the way. Morgan Davis reports.

Lukoil has raised a $600m 10 year export credit agency-backed loan via its Uzbekistan subsidiary, as bankers say the loan market remains open for some Russian borrowers.

Several Chinese real estate companies, including Sunac China Holdings and Central China Real Estate, took advantage of relatively stable markets to ride the dollar issuance momentum this week. But supply pressure meant that many saw their bonds then trade under water.

Deutsche Bank has appointed Beng-Hong Lee to the newly created position of head of institutional client group, China, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Rocket Internet has completed the first sale of shares in HelloFresh, the German meal kit delivery company, since its €276m IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October.

The Republic of Indonesia sealed an opportunistic dual-currency bond on Tuesday, quickly taking advantage of positive sentiment following a ratings upgrade from Moody’s.

China’s Guangzhou R&F Properties Co, the once troubled China Hongqiao Group and a local government-owned entity in Xinjiang all managed to pull off new dollar bonds on Tuesday, albeit with some difficulty.

Indonesia’s Star Energy Geothermal (Wayang Windu) put together its first green bond on Tuesday after weeks of courting investors. Its $580m deal was meant to have a similar reception as the blow-out project finance trade from Paiton Energy Co in 2017, but the more difficult market backdrop posed a challenge.

Jamal Al Kishi has been appointed chief country office for the United Arab Emirates and general manager of Deutsche Bank's Dubai (DIFC) branch.

Japanese telecoms group Softbank opened the week in the European high yield market with a multi-billion refinancing deal to redeem its old 2013 bonds — and delete a covenant that could get in the way of its flotation.

United Arab Emirates based Noor Bank has launched its five year Reg S sukuk at 165bp over mid-swaps, with order books over $1bn, including joint lead manager interest.

German residential property company Grand City Properties brought its third corporate bond deal of 2018 to the market on Tuesday, while the return of seed company Syngenta with a jumbo multi-tranche deal neared.