Mizuho

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand set a benchmark for issuers from the country with its debut $300m outing on Tuesday, finding strong backing both in the primary and secondary markets.

Beijing Enterprises Group is in the market for a HK$4.5bn ($575m) five year term loan launched through eight banks.

Mizuho has put in place a replacement for Farris Mellor, director of loan sales, EMEA syndications, who left the bank in August. The hire squashes fears that the bank may have been looking to use Mellor’s departure as an opportunity to reduce the team headcount.

China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co (CDB Leasing) raised $400m through its aviation leasing arm on Thursday, paying around 10bp of new issue premium for a three year floating rate note.

Volkswagen printed the biggest trade in its history as high-grade corporate borrowers blitzed the dollar market in response to the results of the US mid-term elections.

Barito Pacific and Bank Rakyat Indonesia have returned to the international loan market for new fundraisings.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia has mandated 13 banks for a $700m multi-tranche borrowing, breaking a three-year absence from the loan syndications market.

Digital Realty, the US data centre company, has signed a global syndicated loan package totalling $3.3bn across a range of currencies, weeks after the firm ventured into the sterling bond market.

Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Motors, has returned for a $1bn loan, just months after closing a smaller £640m ($839m) dual-tranche facility.

China Merchants Loscam has closed a $302m dual-currency club loan, making a comeback to the offshore market after a five-year absence.

China and Japan confirm details of currency swaps and plans to invest more in third party markets, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) renews the license of nine authorised institutions as Primary Liquidity Providers (PLPs) for the CNH market in Hong Kong and Singapore sets up new government agency to bridge the funding gap facing Asia’s infrastructure projects.

Mizuho International said this week that LSE Group’s Suneel Bakhshi will take over as president and chief executive, with Michiel de Jong stepping down after six years in the role.