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Apple may well be the darling of the bond markets but arch rival Microsoft proved that it is still a massive draw when it printed the biggest deal of the year at tighter spreads than its rival.

Tentative allocations are out for Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina’s five year fundraising. The loan has been closed at a size of $1.747bn, with the dozen banks at the top that prefunded the money managing to sell down as per expectations, said bankers close to the transaction.

Two Indian state owned companies — Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Rural Electrification Corp — have managed to shave a collective 90bp off their latest fundraisings. The thinning in pricing comes as Indian assets remain in demand, with Japanese lenders focusing on the country as they try to contain lending to China.

Mizuho Bank has hired a new associate director in its EMEA loan sales team. He will report to Claus Mueller, head of EMEA sales, and ultimately to syndicated loans head David Yeoman.

The bid for Hindustan Petroleum Corp’s (HPCL’s) latest loan has been won by a group of seven banks. The syndication strategy for the refinancing is still being worked out and the deal is in its early days, with the mandate having been decided only last week, said bankers.

Qatar National Bank has mandated international banks for a $3bn loan, its first dollar facility since 2012.

Tentative allocations are out for Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina’s five year fundraising. The loan has been closed at a size of $1.747bn, with the dozen banks at the top that prefunded the money managing to sell down as per expectations, said bankers close to the transaction.

A consortium of two Japanese banks and one Indian lender is tipped to have won the bid for In Rural Electrification Corp’s (REC) latest request for proposals.

SIG Combibloc has followed Altice's recent example by demonstrating the European market’s keen appetite for large leveraged M&A deals. SIG has tightened pricing on the loans in its €2.8bn deal and replaced some of the deal's bonds with loans.

Philippine consumer food and beverage company Universal Robina Corp’s NZ$742m ($537.57m) loan has been allocated, with 10 banks joining the syndication. The loan, which is for the company’s acquisition of New Zealand’s Griffin's Foods, received a good response thanks to the lack of top tier offshore deals out of the Philippines.

The European high yield market on Tuesday keenly accepted the first triple-C rated deals of the year: a buyout financing bond from Swiss carton maker SIG Combibloc and a refinancing issue for Norske Skog, the paper company.