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State Bank of India wrapped up Asia ex-Japan's first dollar bank issuance of the year while navigating a crowded primary market this week, snapping up $500m from a senior five year.

Hong Kong's United Photovoltaics and Chinese issuers Reward Science and Technology Industry Group Co, Beijing Capital Group and Yuzhou Properties Company all launched new dollar transactions Wednesday amid a flurry of pre-holiday issuance.

Just two months after its last outing, China Huarong Asset Management Co has returned to bond market with a new three year and a senior perpetual.

The pipeline for euro issuance is filling up once again as the European Investment Bank looks to raise funds at 10 years, although a deal from KfW on Tuesday appeared to struggle to reach €1bn.

Paper packaging maker Smurfit Kappa launched a drive by benchmark euro offering on Tuesday, as it looks to refinance existing securitisation facilities.

A quartet of public sector borrowers are set to cram into the front end of the dollar curve on Wednesday, as bankers outlined a triple whammy of factors driving the squeeze.

HSBC has hired a new global head of account coverage within its financial sponsors group, following its reorganisation of the division last year.

Zhuhai Huafa Group Co, rated BBB by Fitch, is eyeing its debut dollar-denominated bond.

Yanlord Land Group’s decision to wait until the New Year to return to the bond market paid off handsomely. Launching into a less volatile market on Monday, the deal attracted a peak order book of $2.8bn and priced at a good level for the issuer.

China Development Bank Corp is kicking off the year with a bang, launching a euro/dollar dual currency bond across five tranches Tuesday morning.

State Bank of India, through its London branch, is selling a new senior dollar bond, getting its funding done before Donald Trump officially taking office on Friday.

Hong Kong’s FWD began marketing a new perp on Tuesday, returning to dollar market after a gap of more than two years.