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Reliance Jio Infocomm, the mobile network operator controlled by India’s Reliance Industries, has raised ¥53.5bn ($498m), the largest Samurai loan for an Asian corporation.

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After selling €4.6bn of loans in March, Unilever Spreads unveiled the €1bn high yield bond portion of its leveraged buyout funding package on Wednesday. But as well as jumbo deals, other borrowers with smaller offerings are also vying for investor attention.

China’s Guangzhou R&F Properties Co, the once troubled China Hongqiao Group and a local government-owned entity in Xinjiang all managed to pull off new dollar bonds on Tuesday, albeit with some difficulty.

Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp and its power unit SMC Global Power are jointly seeking a $1.1bn loan to finance a $1.9bn acquisition of a power plant in the country.

Christian Heiberg, Mizuho International's EMEA head of fixed income trading, has left the bank as part of a broader review of the firm's global markets business.

The International Development Association, part of the World Bank Group, is on screens with its debut bond issue. The trade is offering a handful of basis points over seasoned World Bank Group issuer the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (known as World Bank), according to bankers away from the mandate.

Indonesia Eximbank has returned to bank lenders with a $950m loan, slashing pricing on all three of its tranches. It is making the most of a dearth of supply from other Indonesian borrowers, writes Pan Yue.

Bank of China (BOC) returned to the bond market with a Belt and Road blockbuster this week, raising around $3.2bn from a multi-tranche, multi-currency deal. Addison Gong reports.

Bank of China has priced bonds denominated in US dollars, euros and Australian dollars worth $3bn-equivalent, with another two tranches in New Zealand dollars set to be priced on Wednesday. The deal, sold under different branches of the bank, reflects the relentless bid for floating rate notes (FRNs).

Indonesia Eximbank is riding on the strong interest among bank lenders for its past fundraisings to launch a new $950m multi-tranche loan at razor-thin pricing levels.

Saudi and Qatar look to be printing jumbo bonds this week, but the timing of both in the same few days after so many months of waiting is prompting chatter about which sovereign has caused the traffic jam and whether political machinations are behind it.