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Islamic Corporation for Development (ICD) is planning a $250m private placement (PP) in July which will bring it close to its full funding requirement for the year.

SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance is set for its second China auto ABS of the year, with the Rmb4bn ($609m) Rongteng 2016-2 Retail Auto Mortgage Loan Securitization to launch on Friday. But unlike the company’s trade from February, the upcoming offering will feature a static pool instead of a revolving structure.

Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina is understood to have lined up seven banks for a $1.5bn five year fundraising.

Turk Eximbank has invited banks to participate in a €300m ($337m) equivalent loan. It has split the borrowing into a one year and a two year tranche.

Ooredoo, the Qatar telecoms company, formerly Qtel, is roadshowing a dollar benchmark via eight banks, potentially adding to increased bond supply from the country, which already stands at seven times the full year total for 2015.

Zhongyu Gas fires up refi — Trans Corp hit syndication — Cheng Loong raising Vietnam funds — Global Bank gets bigger loan

Export Credit Bank of Turkey is raising a €300m-equivalent loan from Asian lenders that includes a three year tranche, according to bankers. It is the first time the bank has sought such a long tenor since 2006.

Panama’s Global Bank Corp has upped the size of its Asia targeted syndicated loan to $135.5m from $104m.

The popularity of China’s marquee technology firms is showing no signs of abating, with both Tencent Holdings and Baidu increasing the size of their borrowings following bumper responses.

Panama-based Bladex became the second Latin American issuer to hit the increasingly popular Tokyo Pro-Bond market, whose flexibility is making access to yen easier for issuers.

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has wrapped up a landmark $8.9bn sell-down in Alibaba Group Holdings through a combination of five separate transactions, including raising $5.5bn via the sale of mandatory exchangeable trust securities (METS). The size of the METS is impressive, making it the largest equity-linked deal globally since 2010, but it also came with a structure almost never seen before in Asia. Jonathan Breen reports.

Indonesia's Mitra Pinasthika Mustika Finance has launched the retail phase of a $100m borrowing, in what is the company's second outing in the syndicated loan market.