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Kangde Xin Composite Material Group has made its debut in the offshore loan market, launching a $200m three year deal into syndication.

South Korea’s Busan Bank raised Rmb500m ($78.62m) from its first Formosa bond last Friday, taking advantage of the arbitrage opportunity to swap the deal back to dollars.

Indonesian financial services company MNC Investama raised $231m from an exchange and new money offering on Thursday, but the market backdrop and aggressive pricing made it difficult for the firm to add much to the new money portion.

London-listed Ophir Energy has agreed a bridge loan to back its $205m acquisition of southeast Asian assets from Australian oil and gas company Santos.

China’s Kingboard Chemical Holdings has returned to the offshore loan market for a HK$6bn ($764m) borrowing, less than six months after signing its last syndicated transaction.

The Republic of Ghana is heading off on a roadshow for 10 and 30 year bonds, with a tender offer for its existing 2022s and 2023s attached to the transaction.

Export-Import Bank of Thailand is meeting investors this week ahead of a new dollar bond transaction, its first in nearly eight years.

The UK’s Lloyds Banking Group is readying a subordinated tier two bond, to be issued in Singapore dollars.

Bahrain’s Oil and Gas Holding Company (Nogaholding), which is 100% state owned, is looking for seven year funding.

Commodities trader Trafigura sold a Rmb500m ($78.9m) three year Panda bond through a private placement on April 26, marking the issuer’s first feat in China. The company said it hopes to become a regular issuer in the Panda market.

Hong Kong-listed real estate company Agile Property Holdings launched a HK$6bn ($765m) deal to the market last week, wooing lenders with a juicy margin and all-in pricing.

The Central American Bank of Economic Integration (Cabei) was back in Taiwan’s Formosa market on Friday with a renminbi-denominated bond, more than 18 months since its last renminbi-denominated issuance.