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Indian companies Birla Carbon and Tata Steel have mandated banks for loans and both borrowers have signed up large groups of lenders at the top level.

Sinopharm Holding (China) Finance Leasing Co is seeking a $215m-equivalent loan.

Two Indonesian deals brought international investors some relief from the onslaught of Chinese bonds on Monday. Pertamina and Tower Bersama Infrastructure netted a combined $1.85bn from three tranches of notes.

Seven borrowers from Greater China raised about $2bn from new dollar bonds on Monday, while Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific tapped the Singapore dollar market.

The UK’s National Grid Electricity Transmission made a barnstorming entrance to the green bond market on Monday, cutting its spread and winning a bumper book for its first euro bond issue in more than a decade.

Green corporate bond investors had plenty to sink their teeth into on Thursday, with electric utlities E.On bringing three tranches and Red Electrica making its debut in the format.

The euro market welcomed as many as nine new unsecured bonds from financial institutions on Tuesday, as the sector made a roaring start to the year. Attention is now turning to secondary market performance, as bankers look to see how the market absorbs the boom in supply.

Xerox has secured $24bn in financing for its unsolicited debt backed bid for rival technology company HP, as the acquisitive firm looks to quell HP shareholder worries about how it will fund the jumbo deal.

The UK’s National Grid Electricity Transmission is set to make its debut green bond issue in euros, when it returns to the currency for the first time for more than a decade.

Senior debt capital markets banker Pramod Shenoi joined independent research firm CreditSights at the end of last year.

Indonesian company Astra Sedaya Finance has closed a loan of around $200m that mainly targeted liquidity among Japanese banks.

Investec has entered the loan market for the third time this year, taking a $450m two year term loan from a range of international lenders.