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Geoff Coley, former co-head of FICC at Citi and more recently head of credit products at Gleacher, has joined Mitsubishi UFJ.

India’s Power Finance Corp has mandated three banks for a $250m five year fundraising, which has been in the works since the start of the year.

The mandated lead arranger and bookrunner group for Philippine shopping mall operator SM Prime Holdings’ $300m fundraising has expanded, with seven banks now at the top level.

Bharat Petroleum Corp’s syndicated loan for $300m has closed, with the three year deal allocated between 12 lenders.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities has hired Sandra Moehle as head of Germany and Austria DCM origination.

Vitol’s self-arranged $2.05bn loan to fund the acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell’s Australian business has wrapped up with commitments from 18 lenders.

The mandated lead arranger and bookrunner group for Philippine shopping mall operator SM Prime Holdings’ $300m fundraising has expanded with seven banks now at the top level.

Carlsberg Breweries returned to the euro bond market after an 18 month gap on Tuesday with a successful €1bn 10 year bond, though it had to contend with a market that has lost a little of its rude bullishness in the past week.

Petron drills for new $300m — Telstra reconnects for A$1.5bn — Glowing response for REC's bigger $250m

Chinese real estate company Franshion Properties, which in March announced the possible spin-off and listing of its hotel assets on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has launched into general syndication a HK$4bn ($516m) loan to back its plans.

Australian telecommunications company Telstra Corp has opened up a A$1.5bn ($1.4bn) three year loan to the market, in what is the group’s first syndicated loan since May 2009.

Carlsberg Breweries returned to the euro bond market after an 18 month gap today with a successful €1bn 10 year bond, though it had to contend with a market that has lost a little of its rude bullishness in the past week.