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Industrial Bank of Korea mandated banks for a social bond issuance on Tuesday, viewing the product as a natural fit for the first transaction from its socially responsible bond framework. Meanwhile, ICBC Asia is looking to sell a new green deal.

Hong Kong Broadband Network has closed an amendment and extension of a HK$4.1bn ($528.5m) loan sealed two years ago, slicing the margin by 30bp.

Bank of China offered something exciting to the debt market on Thursday by selling green bonds as well as the first sustainability note from a Chinese issuer.

Chinese alternative investment firm Citic Capital Holdings has approached the loan market for a new HK$2.5bn ($318m) borrowing.

Chinese footwear brand Belle International is returning to the offshore loan market to amend and extend a borrowing signed last year, as well as to raise funds for dividend recapitalisation.

China’s Kingboard Chemical Holdings has returned to the offshore loan market for a HK$6bn ($764m) borrowing, less than six months after signing its last syndicated transaction.

Hong Kong-listed real estate company Agile Property Holdings launched a HK$6bn ($765m) deal to the market last week, wooing lenders with a juicy margin and all-in pricing.

United Asia Finance, a personal loan provider in Hong Kong, is making a quick return for a HK$1.6bn ($203m) term loan, just two months after sealing its last borrowing.

Hong Kong-listed Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company, a waste-to-energy provider, is seeking a $150m-equivalent borrowing denominated in Hong Kong dollars.

A pair of supranationals helped bolster Hong Kong’s green bond ambitions with some SRI deals this week.

The World Bank has raised HK$1bn ($127.39m) from its debut green bond denominated in Hong Kong dollars, making it the first supranational issuer to sell a syndicated green bond in the city.

China Jinmao Holdings has launched a HK$4bn ($509m) loan into syndication through a group of lenders that include the country’s big four state-owned commercial banks.