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Ireland’s Keywords Studios has signed a new revolving credit facility of up to €140m, increasing its bank line as the video games studio remains on the hunt for acquisitions.

Property group Savills has employed two experienced loan syndication bankers to enhance its newly formed debt advisory business.

Investment grade corporate bond issuance is all but becalmed, but the high yield market is bustling with activity, as a wide variety of companies bring deals, including several strategic capital raisings and M&A financings.

China Aoyuan Group was back in the dollar market on Tuesday, adding another $250m to its 2023 notes.

China Construction Bank (CCB), the largest originator of residential mortgage backed securities in China, is returning to the market with a Rmb9.87bn ($1.43bn) four tranche deal on August 6. All three senior tranches are rated triple-A by S&P Global Ratings.

South Korea’s sustainable financing efforts were given a boost this week, after Lotte Property and Development Co sold a $300m bond.

China Lesso Group Holdings has mandated nine banks for a $900m loan.

Synthomer, the Malaysian-backed UK producer of aqueous polymers, has finished its £204m rights issue after the deal won a high take-up among shareholders.

Rentenbank and Inter-American Development Bank hit the market for small taps of existing dollar debt on Tuesday, though some investors’ attentions are focused on this week’s US Federal Reserve meeting.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) set a new record on Tuesday by bringing the largest ever socially responsible investment (SRI) bond in sterling by a public sector borrower — comfortably breaking the previous record set only last week by KfW.

GEMS Education came to the market on Tuesday with a pair of seven year senior secured bonds. The issues form part of a larger debt package being raised to support private equity firm CVC Capital Partners purchase a minority stake in the Dubai-headquartered education provider.

Sino-Ocean Group Holding, a Chinese investment company that focuses on the property market, took advantage of the positive backdrop on Monday to seal a $600m bond.