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The Government of Malaysia flexed its muscles as one of Asia’s biggest Islamic bond issuers this week, brushing off noises over a political scandal and volatile oil prices to raise $1.5bn.

Hongkong Electric is poised to end a five year absence from the dollar bond market after launching a 10 year offering on Thursday.

BoC Aviation attracted a horde of investors to its first 10 year bond in 144A format ahead of a planned IPO in Hong Kong. While the proposed listing caused concern among some investors about the company's ownership, bankers on the deal say that the notes’ primary and secondary performance indicates they were in a minority. .

Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland's state development bank, has mandated three banks for its debut euro bond — a deal that has been expected since 2014.

UBI Banca has begun marketing a tier two transaction, which will be the first capital sale from an Italian bank since January.

State-owned Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) has selected six banks to work on an offshore rupee-denominated bond, also known as Masala bond.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) attracted high quality non-Chinese bidders for its dual currency, triple tranche offering this week. The response shows that demand remains high for mainland credits despite concerns about the country’s growth.

Five lenders have opened into syndication a $1.5bn loan for Tencent Asset Management, the investment arm of Chinese technology firm Tencent Holdings.

Bond investors woke up to a pair of investment grade Asian issuers on Wednesday with the government of Malaysia seeking bids for a dual-tranche wakala sukuk and BoC Aviation looking to close a conventional 10 year.

Bond investors had little concern on buying Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group’s tightly priced debut bond this week, despite the structure of the notes being weaker than the one sold by parent Yunnan Provincial Investment Holdings Group (YIG) last month.

Tightening pricing to well inside what many market participants had expected did not prevent Argentina holding onto the bulk of its $69bn book and printing more bonds than it had planned on Tuesday in one of the most remarkable trades in recent memory.

Carrefour, the French hypermarket chain, issued a €750m bond on Tuesday, in a market enthusiastic for corporate debt.