Mizuho

A group of four banks have launched a $300m three year bullet that marks Santander Consumer Finance’s (SCF) debut in the Asian syndicated loan market.

Mizuho no longer has a head of FIG DCM, after it parted ways with AJ Davidson after just two months.

State Bank of India has picked banks for a fresh $500m fundraising that is expected to launch into syndication in the next couple of weeks.

United Asia Finance has launched a HK$600m ($77m) four year fundraising into syndication. The Sun Hung Kai-backed company is offering a high all-in compared to the sub-100bp being paid by other Hong Kong blue chip names.

China’s first revolving auto ABS successfully priced this week with SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance bagging Rmb3bn ($456m) from the landmark Rongteng 2016-1 Retail Auto Mortgage Loan Securitization.

High yield bankers insist that the European market will not be paralysed by some of the banks holding debt they have been unable to sell, even after the failure of last week's €1.55bn financing for LeasePlan.

Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has a reputation for recalibrating pricing in the region’s syndicated loan market and its latest HK$15bn ($1.9bn) dual-tranche facility is no different. The company has returned to the market after a gap of nearly 10 years, but its long absence is unlikely to pose a challenge, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.

Loans for ONGC Videsh and Saka Energi Indonesia have had commitments from banks, with the former likely to close at the end of this week.

A $465m 21 month refinancing for Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) has gone into general syndication after the borrower mandated banks for the loan in December 2015.

Hong Kong’s MTR Corp is seeking a loan of HK$15bn ($1.9bn) in two tranches and has picked a quartet of banks to helm the trade.

Singapore-based wastewater treatment company Hyflux has returned to the loan market for a $300m triple currency refinancing.

A $1.775bn loan for ONGC Videsh, the international arm of India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has attracted commitments from just two lenders in syndication, with the deal due to close by the end of this week.