Mizuho

There was little sign of post-AB InBev indigestion in the corporate market on Thursday as Energias de Portugal issued a €600m seven year bond.

Shinhan Bank is looking to tie up its first tier two bond in the international market, launching an up to $500m offering on Thursday.

Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba has launched its latest loan at $3bn, less than a week after it signed an agreement with eight mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. However, the financing could be even bigger, with the top group hoping demand will be strong enough to increase it to $4bn by the end of syndication.

Hong Kong MTR Corp’s tightly priced HK$15bn ($1.9bn) loan has attracted interest from more than 20 banks in syndication, according to sources.

A $300m three year loan for Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has been allocated, with the borrowing capped at the launch size despite an oversubscription.

Indian Oil Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp have launched their respective borrowings, worth a collective $580m, into general syndication. Both are offering the same base margin, but the latter is being generous with its all-ins for new banks.

Fuji Machine Manufacturing issued a ¥10bn ($89m) convertible bond on Wednesday, selling it outside Japan. Mizuho led the deal, which was priced at the top of the range, eight times oversubscribed.

Two French leveraged loan deals were launched on Wednesday, both of which back leveraged buyouts, as the market claws its way back to issuing primary deals after a sluggish month.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has mandated eight banks to run its $4bn loan, with invitations to be sent out to lenders soon.

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.

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.

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