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China Development Bank has made a rare visit to the public Hong Kong dollar bond market, raising HK$4.3bn ($548m) from a triple-tranche floating rate transaction that included a 10 times covered decade-long note.

Turkey’s export-import bank (Turk Eximbank) raised $500m with a five year bond on Wednesday, becoming the first Turkish borrower, apart from the sovereign itself, to access the market since the lira crisis. The deal benefitted from a relief rally following a Turkish central bank meeting on Wednesday.

Turkey’s export import bank raised $500m on Wednesday, returning to the bond market for the first time since the Turkish currency crisis in 2018, benefiting from a relief rally following the Turkish central bank meeting on Wednesday.

Korea National Oil Corp’s debut in the Japanese yen market on Wednesday was one to remember. The deal was the largest single-tranche Samurai bond on record in Asia, despite a rise in tensions between the two countries.

Turk Eximbank has released initial price guidance for a $500m five year senior unsecured bond.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has launched a $700m multi-tranche loan into general syndication, raising some debate among bankers about the tight pricing on offer.

There has been precious little cheer in the dollar market but Anheuser Busch Inbev (AB InBev) provided some on Thursday when it printed the biggest corporate investment grade trade since October amid signs of improving sentiment.

French toll road operator APRR started its funding plans earlier than previous years when it sold a €500m nine year deal on Thursday. Its November deal was its only transaction in 2018, but even in busier years it has waited until May before getting started.

Mizuho International said it had hired Christoph Seibel, head of EMEA corporate debt capital markets at RBC Capital Markets, to be chief executive of its EU operations, Mizuho Securities Europe.

French toll road operator APRR started its funding plans earlier than previous years when it sold a €500m nine year deal on Thursday. The company’s November deal was its only transaction in 2018, but even in busier years it has waited until May to get started.

Railway and toll road constructor Shandong Hi-Speed Group became the latest issuer to opt for a short tenor for its bond this week, in a bid to speed up the issuance process while keeping the yield low.

Qatar’s Doha Bank has closed a $525m unsecured facility as lenders demonstrated healthy appetite for the small and politically isolated Gulf country.