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Indonesia’s state-owned oil and natural gas company Pertamina has raised a $1.85bn project loan from a group of 12 banks.

The Republic of the Philippines took advantage of Japanese investors’ hunger for yield with a tightly priced four-tranche ¥92bn ($863.4m) Samurai bond.

The Philippines’ Aboitiz Power Corp has found support from a group of 22 banks for a $300m loan that will finance its acquisition of AC Energy’s thermal power company.

Renaissance Capital has hired Funeka Beja-Maseko as a retail analyst at director level, and Andrew Nkumbula as a vice-president for investment banking. Both are based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Southern California Edison has priced a $1.2bn dual tranche corporate bond offering after its credit ratings were placed on a firmer footing in the wake of a wildfire risk mitigation law.

Temasek Holdings-backed Fullerton India Credit Company has invited banks to join a $250m debut borrowing.

Chinese delivery services company SF Express is seeking a HK$5bn ($640m) syndicated loan to refinance a bridge facility used to support its acquisition of Deutsche Post DHL’s supply chain business in the Mainland.

Indonesian power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has launched a $1bn five year deal into syndication, with bank meetings set to kick off at the end of the month.

Swedish car manufacturer Volvo made its debut in Hong Kong dollars on Wednesday amid increasing tensions and unrest in the city.

MUFG Bank has picked Satinder Pal Singh Ahluwalia as managing director of the global commercial banking planning division, a newly created position.

Country Garden seeks second borrowing in six months – UAF taps two banks for HK$1.6bn – Deutsche arranges $190m for Shangshi – Pakistan sovereign deal open – Malakoff woos banks to refi – IRFC pulls into Samurai market

The loan desks at Morgan Stanley and MUFG are big winners in AbbVie’s around $63bn purchase of Botox maker Allergan, with the banks picked to provide more than half of the purchase price in underwritten debt.