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Turkish participation bank Turkiye Finans (TFKB) has agreed a $180m Islamic club loan with similar pricing to its loans in recent years, despite sector-wide downgrades for Turkish banks after a turbulent year in the country in 2016.

Shandong Ruyi Technology Group grabbed the market’s attention with its debut international bond on Tuesday, reeling in investors searching for an alternative to notes from local government financing vehicles.

Natixis has named a new global markets head for Asia Pacific, while Standard Chartered has recruited an outsider to run financial markets.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi signed a $2bn three year loan on Tuesday, cementing the bank group for its $175bn merger with First Gulf Bank, though some key European banks turned down a role on the deal.

Nigeria’s sovereign bond prices have rallied with a new Eurobond expected in January despite the government reporting on Monday N2.2tr ($7bn) of unrecorded debt, equivalent to 2.3% of the country’s GDP.

Shandong Ruyi Technology Group issued its debut international bond on Tuesday, continuing the trickle of year end issuance from China ahead of the expiration of regulatory approvals.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing opened a new source of funding on Monday with a $300m securitization of loans backed by aircraft assets. Not only was this one of the few internationally marketed structured finance transactions out of Asia, it also marked the return of a rare credit support structure last seen publicly in 2014.

US based-Novelis, part of Indian company Aditya Birla Group, has lined up a syndicate of 10 lenders to arrange an Asia loan that refinances a $1.8bn US term loan B from last year.

Shandong Ruyi Technology Group and LR Capital Group are marketing their respective dollar transactions, ahead of a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting starting Wednesday.

A A$484.2m ($361.5m) five year facility to support Philippine company Universal Robina Corp’s acquisition of Snack Brands Australia has been allocated, with 17 new lenders coming in.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing opened the week with a rare structured finance transaction on Monday, attracting bids for a $300m dual-tranche offering backed by loans that are secured by aircraft assets.

Property developer Country Garden Holdings has signed a $1.5bn dual currency syndicated loan for general corporate purposes, including prepayment of debt.