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Lotte Chemical Titan Holding, the Malaysian arm of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, has finished bookbuilding for the largest Malaysian IPO since Astro Malaysia Holdings' listing in October 2012.

Chinese property developer Modern Land (China) Co is making a comeback to the international green bond market, opening books for a short-term trade on Thursday morning.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given yet another boost to the Masala bond market, raising Rp14bn ($217m) from its third offshore-rupee linked note of the year.

Buyers considering Klöckner Pentaplast’s €1.6bn loan and Manutencoop's high yield bonds forced the issuers to sweeten terms this week, in a now rare sight in the leveraged finance market.

Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific closed a $300m seven year bond on Tuesday, opting for a tight price over size with the debt-raising.

The IPO of Lotte Chemical Titan Holding, the Malaysian arm of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, is due to price towards the bottom of its initial range, according to a banker on the deal.

Asian issuers flooded into the debt market on Tuesday, as seven credits battled for attention amid a somewhat positive tone in the market. Greenland Hong Kong Holdings grabbed $200m, while China Gold International Resources Corp nailed a $500m three year and Shimao Property Holdings sealed a tap.

Korea Development Bank (KDB) added a dash of variety to Asia’s green market on Tuesday with its inaugural $300m deal, finding support from a combination of dedicated green funds, as well as conventional investors. Typical of issuers from South Korea, the policy bank did not pay any new issue premium for its fundraising.

Euro conditions are excellent for public sector borrowers, with Spain pulling in a nearly €30bn book for an €8bn 10 year — which bankers away from the trade said indicated a high presence of quality investors — and KfW raising €5bn after picking a seven year deal over a shorter tenor. Another pair of issuers are now looking to take advantage.

On Tuesday, Gecina, the French property company, latched onto the latest trend for issuance in the multi-tranche European corporate bond. The triple tranche €1.5bn deal will be used to refinance part of the bridge facility used by Gecina to acquire Eurosic.

NetLink Trust has kicked off bookbuilding for its up to S$2.7bn ($1.9bn) IPO, set to be Singapore’s largest listing in half a decade, according to a source close to the trade.

The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (Ireda) has been forced to hold off on its plans to sell a green Masala bond due to new regulatory approval requirements.