Mizuho

South Africa’s Standard Bank is in the market with a $375m three year loan as it looks to refinance debt in smaller size and tighter levels.

IFC Development has wrapped up a HK$10bn ($1.29bn) self-arranged club with 16 banks, doubling its fundraising in a repeat of a financing it signed in 2012.

French supermarket group Casino Guichard-Perrachon made the most of a quiet week in the investment grade bond market when it priced a €900m 12 year bond on Wednesday at 125bp over mid-swaps, needing almost no new issue premium to bring in €2.6bn of orders.

French supermarket group Casino Guichard-Perrachon made the most of a quiet week in the investment grade bond market when it priced a €900m 12 year bond on Wednesday at 125bp over mid-swaps, needing almost no new issue premium to bring in €2.6bn of orders.

The international arm of Taiwan’s Chailease Finance is likely to exercise the greenshoe option on its $120m three year loan, with preliminary indications showing it could go up to $135m.

Indomobil Finance Indonesia has finalised allocations for its three year loan of $172.5m, increasing it from the launch size of $100m, with eight banks joining during general.

Coal miner Adaro Energy Indonesia has wrapped up its $1.25bn club loan, with fourteen banks coming on board.

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Mexico issued its first Samurai bond without the assistance of the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) in 14 years on Tuesday, breaking pricing and maturity records.

India’s state-owned Power Finance Corp (PFC) launched its $250m five year loan into general syndication on July 11 with three participation levels, while NTPC has picked the lead for its own fundraising.

Mexico has broken new ground in the Samurai market after it priced a triple-tranche deal on Tuesday which did away with the need for involvement from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) and included a 20 year slice — a first for a Latin American borrower in yen.

Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific has sold 623m more shares to two new investors as part of its Rmb225bn ($37bn) acquisition of its parent Citic Group.