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Kingboard Laminates Holdings has returned to the market for an HK$3bn ($386.8m) refinancing of a deal from 2010. The company is paying a premium over its last fundraising, which it sealed at the beginning of the year, as it has been a frequent borrower and many banks already have an exposure to it.

Pelabuhan Indonesia II’s $1bn loan that opened into general syndication in October, has attracted commitments worth $1.298bn from 45 banks.

Spanish travel systems company Amadeus IT Holding priced a €400m three year bond on Tuesday. Demand was strong, with the no-grow transaction nearly six times oversubscribed.

South Africa’s FirstRand bank was the latest in a long line of pulled deals from CEEMEA on Thursday when it pulled a five year dollar bond on Thursday after announcing initial price thoughts.

Syndication for the $3.2bn portion of Tata Steel’s $5.6bn borrowing is progressing well, with the deal already receiving $750m worth of commitments, said a banker. Nine banks have committed so far and a handful more are expected to join before close.

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s $1.5bn dual tranche loan that opened in September has been allocated among 26 lenders, 11 of which joined during general syndication. Thin pricing did not stop Taiwanese, Japanese and Middle Eastern lenders from piling into the deal, as it gave them a chance to form a relationship with India’s biggest private sector company.

Commodity trader Mercuria signed its latest refinancing on November 18, with 28 banks joining during general syndication. Although the loan was oversubscribed by about 60%, Mercuria decided to cap the borrowing at its launch size of $1bn.

Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina, which mandated 12 lenders for its $1.8bn five year loan in October, launched the facility into general syndication on November 18.

Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat priced a seven year debut sukuk on Tuesday, which debt bankers said came flat to or even inside the sovereign curve. They put this down to credit quality, scarcity value and exceptional liquidity in the Middle East. But they felt that the additional rarity of the sukuk format was also a contributing factor, which other potential issuers should do well to note.

Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina, which mandated 12 lenders for its $1.8bn five year loan in October, launched the facility into general syndication on November 18.

Commodity trader Mercuria signed its latest refinancing on November 18, with 28 banks joining during general syndication. Though the loan was oversubscribed by about 60%, Mercuria decided to cap the borrowing at its launch size of $1bn.

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s $1.5bn dual tranche loan that opened in September has been allocated among 26 lenders, 11 of which joined during general syndication. Thin pricing did not stop Taiwanese, Japanese and Middle Eastern lenders from piling into the deal, as it gave them a chance to form a relationship with India’s biggest private sector company.