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CCB Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank, has returned to the syndicated loans market after a four year absence.

The Basque Government was able to tighten pricing by 5bp from initial price thoughts as it received soaring demand for its 10 year sustainable bond on Tuesday — its biggest public issue since 2009.

French telecoms company Iliad has launched a €300m Schuldschein, joining a parade of French firms raising debt through the market this year.

Saudi Aramco is making a splash with its bond market debut, gathering a staggering $85bn of orders for a six tranche deal expected to exceed $10bn.

China’s Yuexiu Property Co raised HK$1.1bn ($140.2m) from an exchangeable bond sale on April 8, attracting an order book that was more than three times oversubscribed.

United Overseas Bank priced on Monday the tightest Basel III-compliant tier two deal from an Asian borrower, setting a new benchmark following the strengthening late last year of the bank resolution regime in its home jurisdiction of Singapore.

Three Chinese property companies battled in the primary market on Monday with competing supply. While high yield issuers have been able to sell bonds at ultra-tight prices of late, the weight of supply has started to force issuer’s to pay more to borrow.

IndusInd Bank, the privately owned Indian lender, priced its inaugural dollar bond on Monday after a careful approach by bookrunners led to a sale that was priced tighter than some investors demanded but kept on tightening in the secondary market.

Reliance Industries is tapping the Japanese yen market as part of a $1.5bn dual-currency loan syndication.

LG Chem, the chemical and battery producing arm of South Korean group LG, launched its first euro and dollar bonds this week, after a long sojourn in the won market. All three tranches, which were also green bonds, were heavily oversubscribed.

The Basque Government has picked banks to issue what will be its biggest bond in the public markets for 10 years.

An equity-linked banker at HSBC in London has moved to a new role within the bank.