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Right Lane, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Legend Holdings, has returned to the market for a bullet loan equivalent to $300m, managing to shave off more than 100bp in costs since its last fundraising.

The world’s largest pork processor WH Group, or formerly known as Shuanghui International, now has a record 28 banks working on its jumbo $5bn-$6bn IPO, according to bankers on the transaction.

Right Lane, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Legend Holdings, has returned to the market for a bullet loan equivalent to $300m, managing to shave off more than 100bp in costs since its last fundraising.

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb) returned to the covered bond market on Tuesday to issue a €500m five year benchmark. The book attracted over €1.1bn of demand, a stronger performance than the disappointing eight year benchmark that it priced in January.

Abengoa, the Spanish engineering and renewable power group, wants to issue €400m of seven year senior notes on Friday to prefund a 2015 bond maturity.

Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific hit the market with a HK$8.8bn ($1.13bn) loan on the evening of March 17, with bankers on the transaction expecting a quick response from lenders considering the deal in syndication.

Ceva Sante Animale, the veterinary vaccines maker, expects to receive initial commitments to a €668m-equivalent term loan on Friday, as it seeks to refinance debt using an aggressive covenant-lite structure.

Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific hit the market with a HK$8.8bn ($1.13bn) loan on the evening of March 17, with bankers on the transaction expecting a quick turnaround from lenders considering the deal in syndication.

Carrefour Banque managed to brave and overcome the broad market turmoil that set in during the second half of last week, pricing its €500m senior unsecured floating rate note to become the only European senior issuer in the market on Friday.

Olam International, which is the target of a proposed acquisition by Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, is expected to launch its $1.2bn fundraising into syndication on the week of March 24.

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A group of 15 banks are tipped to win the mandate for the new loan for agricultural products supplier Olam International, which is expected to be launched at a size of $1.2bn.