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Saudi British Bank (SABB) has completed its first dollar denominated syndicated loan, according to one banker, as the country's borrowers increasingly turn to international debt markets.

Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) will look to price a new dollar benchmark on Tuesday after beginning to take indications of interest on Monday.

John Menzies, the Scottish aviation and distribution company, was set to launch syndication of around $417m of loans this week, a banker close to the deal told GlobalCapital on Tuesday.

Postal Savings Bank of China has narrowed the price range on its Hong Kong IPO to the bottom half of guidance, and is set to raise up to HK$58.8bn ($7.6bn) in the world’s biggest listing in two years.

A handful of issuers decided to turn to the bond market on Tuesday, looking for a crucial window just one day before the US Federal Reserve makes its decision on the trajectory of interest rates.

Woori Bank has set sights on its second dollar-denominated Basel III additional tier one bond, opening books on Tuesday morning. It will be the first South Korean lender to test the bank capital market following a recent rule change on AT1 instruments.

Koninklijke DSM, the Dutch chemical company, issued an opportunistic €750m 10 year bond on Monday that was priced with a single digit new issue premium.

Public sector borrowers are piling into the dollar market at the start of the week, with a US Federal Reserve rate decision on Wednesday likely to shorten the issuance window.

The Flemish Community of Belgium has announced that it will roadshow a euro syndication on September 26, while KfW has mandated three banks to sell a benchmark.

Mercuria Asia Group Holdings and Mercuria Energy Trading are gauging interest from lenders for a joint loan of $900m, according to bankers.

Bondholders owning some 71.11% of Brazilian meatpacker Minvera’s 7.75% 2023s agreed to tender their paper by the earlybird deadline of September 14, the issuer said.

India’s equity capital markets started the week on a positive note, with the first private sector insurance company beginning to take orders for its IPO.