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Export-Import Bank of Korea decided to woo Singapore dollar bond investors with its latest debt deal, and not only expanded its relationships with local currency accounts but also offered them some welcome diversification.

Chinese investors warmly welcomed Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance’s second outing this year in China’s securitization market, helping the originator raise Rmb4.98bn ($760m) from the senior tranche of its deal.

Kingboard Chemical Holdings is tapping banks for a HK$5bn ($641m) four year borrowing, after a two year hiatus from the loan syndication market.

Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai Financial had a rousing welcome to its debut in the offshore loan market, raising HK$4.5bn ($576m) versus the HK$1bn it had initially sought.

Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co priced its first dollar bond in three years, raising $700m from a six times covered deal on Tuesday. The notes tightened around 10bp in secondary, putting the spotlight on what some considered generous pricing.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea is continuing the deluge of South Korean issuers venturing offshore, marketing a Singapore dollar transaction on Wednesday morning.

Chinese property developer KWG Property Holding grabbed a modest $250m on Monday from a transaction sealed at an ultra-tight price.

Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co is in the market with its first dollar bond in nearly three years, while APP China Group is meeting debt investors in Hong Kong.

Chinese developer KWG Property Holding is back in the dollar debt market just six months after raking in $400m from a five and a half year bond.

A hundred investors managing $1.8tr of assets have signed a letter calling on banks to say more about how they are managing the risk of climate change, and to publish a strategy saying how they support the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Qatar National Bank has secured $630m with a structured Formosa bond to prove it is still able to access funding despite the sensitives surrounding the Qatar crisis.

Beijing Hyundai Motor Group has completed its second securitization in China this year, selling a Rmb3.5bn ($535.3m) two tranche deal on September 12. While the transaction’s timing coincided with rising political tensions between China and South Korea, investors remained undeterred.