Mizuho

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.

Korean Air Lines (KAL) closed a $350m secured deal on Tuesday backed by future ticket sales between the US and South Korea, executing the drive-by trade using a credit facility from Shinhan Bank.

An A$500m ($355m) Kangaroo bond from the Export-Import Bank of Korea on Tuesday reaffirmed Australian dollar investors’ appetite for high quality credits from South Korea, amid a fall in global issuance volume in the currency this year.

Mizuho has hired an equity-linked banker from Deutsche Bank for its equity capital markets business in London.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s London branch priced its dual-tranche floating rate notes (FRNs) at the expected levels on Thursday, but issuers in the pipeline may have a hard time to pull off the same feat.

Conagra Brands tucked away a $7bn bond deal just days after market volatility forced it to postpone the trade.