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Thailand’s Kasikornbank prioritised price over size for its return to the bond market this week, selling a $400m deal at a level that forced some investors to stay away.

India’s IL&FS Transportation Networks launched an offshore renminbi bond on Wednesday morning, following Westpac Banking Corp’s opening of the dim sum market earlier this week.

Two banks from the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) have turned to Taiwan to raise dollar funding already this year, with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) printing $540m and Qatar National Bank (QNB) printing $720m in Formosa trades.

Westpac Banking Corp raised Rmb500m ($77m) from a three year offshore renminbi bond on Monday, becoming the first dim sum note issuer of 2018.

Trans Media Corpora, the TV broadcasting arm of Indonesian conglomerate CT Corp, is due to launch a new borrowing into general syndication soon, according to two bankers working on the transaction.

Thailand’s Kasikornbank is in the market with a 5.5 year dollar bond, some 15 months after its last appearance in the offshore debt market

Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina), Bank of Shanghai subsidiary BOSC International Company and financial services firm Guangxi Financial Investment Group Co are testing investor appetite for new bonds.

Westpac Banking Corp is poised to sell the first offshore renminbi bond of the year, opening books for a three year trade on Monday.

Country Garden Holdings Company (CoGard) and SEA Holdings are planning their comebacks to the offshore debt market, while Wharf Real Estate Investment Co is set to test its luck with accounts for the first time.

The response to Tata Motors' £640m ($839m) refinancing has been phenomenal, with the loan generating commitments exceeding $1bn, said bankers close to the situation.

India’s IL&FS Transportation Networks is laying the groundwork for the first offshore renminbi bond of the year, mandating banks on Friday.

Philippine company International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) will meet investors in Asia and Europe next week for a senior guaranteed perpetual bond.