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China’s Excellence Commercial Property and Facilities Management Group is preparing to launch its Hong Kong IPO this month, according to a source close to the deal.

A glut of syndicated loans has been signed among European high grade borrowers that are for general corporate and refinancing purposes — a sign, said loans bankers, that the market is returning to business as usual for the rest of the year, marking what will at least be a change from the frantic emergency capital raising which began in spring.

Investors threw their weight behind Housing Development Finance Corp's Rp140bn ($1.87bn) fundraising this week.

Chinese real estate borrowers swarmed the international bond market on Wednesday, raising a combined $1.05bn across four transactions.

Indian private sector lender Axis Bank is set to price a qualified institutional placement worth up to Rp100bn ($1.34bn).

Hyde Housing, a UK housing association, paid zero concession on its August 2055 sterling benchmark trade, with the borrower opting to raise debt at the shorter end of the maturity range it marketed to investors on Monday.

HSBC revealed a big increase in credit loss provisions in its second quarter results on Monday, as it vowed to step up the pace of its strategy shift. In the investment bank, it was a strong outing for fixed income and currencies trading, but a disappointing quarter for equities.

Hyde Housing, a UK housing association, held an investor call on Monday for a long dated sterling benchmark-sized bond, with bankers assessing demand for high grade debt in the currency is at a high.

Israeli energy company, Delek Drilling, is set to launch a $2.25bn bond sale this week to support the expansion of its gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, according to market sources.

Shriram Transport Finance Co has scooped up Rp14.9bn ($199m) from a rights issue in India.

Social and sustainability bonds have blossomed in Asia amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with debt bankers expecting more supply from the asset class for the rest of the year.

Eric Bai and Alexander Paul have been appointed to the newly created roles of global co-heads of FIG coverage at HSBC.