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Singapore real estate firm Ascendas ventured into the country’s domestic bond market on Monday with a S$100m ($72.8m) offering that was largely driven by reverse enquiry.

IDBI Bank is meeting investors on Monday for a potential additional tier one (AT1) trade in what could finally be the first offshore bank capital offering from India.

Saka Energi Indonesia, the upstream oil and gas arm of state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara, has signed its $600m loan, finding demand from seven lenders in syndication.

HSBC followed through on its plans to issue loss-absorbing senior debt from its holding company on Tuesday, offering a juicy pickup to its curve to dig deep into the dollar market for a $7bn deal.

Four banks are favourites to win the mandate for a $500m borrowing by the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, which sent out a request for proposals for the loan in June last year.

South Korea’s Shinhan Bank has mandated five banks for its bank capital debut in the international bond market.

Korea Resources Corp (KoRes) is set to make its first appearance this year in the international bond market, having mandated four banks to work on a dollar offering.

The unusual financing structure that China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) is using for its $43bn acquisition of Syngenta drew a varied response from banks in Europe this week. Some saw the non-recourse structure for $20bn of the debt as shielding lenders from exposure to ChemChina, while others did not.

Two Turkish bond deals this week were seen as a welcome treat for investors starved of recent supply from the country, and more is still in the pipeline.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) on Thursday joined the surge of blockbuster multi-tranche deals that has hit the euro bond market since mid-February as it raised €3.9bn of bonds across three tranches.

Petroceltic, the Irish oil and gas exploration firm, has told shareholders that the company's future rests on the willingness of its lenders to continue to offer waivers on loan repayments.

Malaysian telecommunications company Axiata Group has mandated three banks for a quick return to the Islamic bond market.