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Leo Paper Group, a Hong Kong-based printing services company, has signed a HK$350m ($45m) four year green term loan and revolving credit facility with seven banks, making it the first privately-held firm to complete such a transaction.

Germany’s Cheplapharm Arzneimittel has signed €780m of loans, with the pharmaceutical company using the funds to refinance debt and fund acquisitions.

Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) is hitting the road for a benchmark sized five year dollar trade, with a deal expected as early as next week.

Larsen & Toubro is looking to raise at least Rp18bn ($254.2m) from the sale of stock in its subsidiary Larsen & Toubro Infotech.

The leveraged loan pipeline for September coughed into life this week, as AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals unveiled the first jumbo deal of the week, a €5bn loan to support its buyout by Carlyle and Singaporean government fund GIC.

Czech company Atrium European Real Estate has hit the market with a deal first roadshowed in June, raising €300m with a seven year.

China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) hit its $500m target on Thursday with its inaugural public bond, narrowly escaping a change in market sentiment overnight due to the latest trade threat from the US.

German car leasing company Sixt has raised €200m in the Schuldschein market, part of which was sold through Helaba’s platform, VC Trade. As the market digitises, two platforms — one promoted by Helaba and one by LBBW — are pulling ahead of the pack. But three other platforms are nipping at their heels, positioning themselves where the other two find it harder to reach.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) and Al Hilal Bank (AHB) were this week roadshowing the first public dollar sukuk since April and the first public bank deals from the Gulf states since March.

There was little in the way of emerging market bond issuance this week to set the tone for the usually busy month of September. Although mBank raised €500m of four year money, CEE-focused Atrium European Real Estate had yet to appear with a deal that had been planned for Thursday.

Al Hilal Bank hit screens on Thursday to announce a roadshow for a new five year Sukuk syndication — the first in the market in five months, according to Dealogic.

Three Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) priced dollar bonds this week, despite a recent default in the onshore debt market.