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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan raised $2.5bn from a sukuk and a conventional bond on Thursday, finding strong support from the buy-side.

A local government financing vehicle from China’s Yiwu city leveraged on its strong credentials to raise $500m from a five times covered bond on Tuesday.

Anton Oilfield Services Group, rated Caa1/—/CCC, ventured into the volatile market on Tuesday to close its exchange and new money offering, taking home $300m in the process.

The first set of commitments are in for Pakistan’s latest outing in the syndicated loan market — a $700m 10 year facility that is partially guaranteed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan opened its dollar-denominated sukuk and conventional bonds for bids on Wednesday, just days after the country’s government was forced to bring in the army to tackle protests in the capital.

Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) has mandated banks for its maiden green dollar bond, coming close on the heels of a similar issuance from peer Power Finance Corp.

China Construction Bank Corp and Bank of Communications Co snapped up investors on Monday when they offered up multiple tranches of floating rate dollar bonds through their Hong Kong branches.

Chinese financial services provider Far East Horizon priced a subordinated perpetual bond on Monday, grabbing an open issuance window ahead of heavy expected supply. Its deal came with a rather unique structure to qualify for equity credit from the rating agencies.

Indian company TVS Logistics Services has approached the international loan market for a $153m-equivalent financing, with participants invited to commit in dollars and sterling.

Chinese issuers are yet again dominating the supply in Asia ex-Japan debt markets, with four firms wooing dollar and euro bond investors on Tuesday.

Indian infrastructure finance company Power Finance Corp is taking bids for a benchmark 10 year green dollar bond, returning to the international debt market after an absence of two decades.

Emirates REIT, the world’s largest listed Sharia compliant real estate investment trust, has named leads for its debut sukuk.