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Afreximbank printed a $200m tap of its $500m 4.75% 2019s on Wednesday from a $475m book. The note was sold at a 10bp-15bp new issue premium.

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is back in the bond market after a four year break and hopes investors will agree to swap out of a costlier deal issued in 2005.

Hong Kong listed Agile Property Holdings has reached an agreement with its lenders to extend the maturity on a portion of a $475m facility the company sealed in early April that was due in December.

Hutchison Whampoa showed off its impeccable access to bond markets, rewriting the record books and selling $5.4bn worth of dollar and euro bonds on October 28 in what is the largest corporate offshore deal to come out of Asia ex-Japan.

Limited dim sum supply in recent months saw fund managers piling into BOC Aviation’s recent four year offering. A regular issuer, the aircraft leasing company has already issued in Aussie dollars and dollars this year.

Nestlé, the Swiss foods group, on Wednesday seized the opportunity of a stable and empty market to issue a €500m seven year bond, paying a tiny new issue premium and achieving what one banker said was a record low yield.

French professional clothing firm Elis has put its planned initial public offering on hold, joining the growing ranks of European businesses delaying equity deals as a result of weak markets.

Indonesian power company Pertamina, which mandated 12 lenders for its $1.8bn five year loan, will fund a portion of the financing onshore.

Aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation is in the market with a new four year dim sum, following hot on the heels of an offshore renminbi bond from Hong Kong Airlines.

Chilean copper Codelco led the way on a busy Tuesday in LatAm bond markets with a 30 year issue that came tight to its own curve and showed that investors are comfortable the US Federal Open Markets Committee will not spring any surprises regarding rates increase at its meeting on Wednesday.

Hutchison Whampoa showed off its impeccable access to bond markets today by selling dollar and euro bonds in the same day, and raising $5.4bn with heavily oversubscribed books.

British Columbia raised Rmb3bn ($490.7m) with its second ever dim sum bond on Tuesday.