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UK hotel group InterContinental’s debut euro deal was the smallest of three new corporate bond deals on Thursday after Wednesday saw no new issuance. While Allergan and BMW sold multi-tranche deals, IHG’s deal had been well flagged and still received due attention from investors.

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

State-owned mining company Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) closed a $4bn bond this week, letting loans bankers off the hook from a planned bridge facility. Addison Gong reports.

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

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Holding is raising a $655m dual-tranche facility to refinance a bridge loan that was used to support the acquisition of Cardinal Health (L).

MUFG has named Zahra Sadry as head of EMEA healthcare coverage, moving her over from the group’s strategic finance team, where she was the MD responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co has signed $8.8bn-equivalent of loans as it continues to build up its cash pile to finance the $62bn acquisition of Ireland’s Shire.

UK supermarket retailer Tesco announced on Monday that its most recent tender offer had been oversubscribed, completing a successful liability management exercise (LME) after selling €750m of bonds a fortnight previously. The company hopes the success of the deal will help it on the way to regaining its investment grade status with all rating agencies.

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.

One of Europe’s major electricity producers, Portugal’s EDP, sold its first green bond on Tuesday, aligning its fundraising with the company’s green principles. Meanwhile, Dutch airport owner and operator Royal Schiphol Group announced plans for its debut green bond. Both followed French vehicle leasing company ALD’s inaugural green bond.

UK electricity distributor Western Power Distribution returned to the corporate bond market on Tuesday for its regular annual fourth quarter outing, but this time had to accept a significant new issue premium as it raised £350m.