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South Korea's KEB Hana Bank found a stronger response than expected for its sustainability bond this week, allowing it to raise $600m.

WH Group has turned to banks for about $1.25bn to fund a share buy-back, as the world’s largest pork company takes advantage of attractive market conditions to raise a new loan. Unlike its acquisition fundraising eight years ago, which received plenty of criticism and pushback from lenders, the market’s response this time around is different — despite some initial confusion, writes Pan Yue.

Hong Kong department store chain Lifestyle International Holdings returned to the debt market this week after a two-year break to raise $350m.

Vietnamese education company Nguyen Hoang Group is making its offshore loan debut with a $62m deal.

Chinese company Sany Heavy Industry Co has returned to the offshore loan market after a nine-year absence for $600m.

Hong Kong developer Pacific Century Premium Developments (PCPD) printed a $700m deal on Tuesday as part of its efforts to tender a 2022 bond.

Emirates Development Bank, which last entered the bond market with its debut in 2019, is one of many FIG borrowers from CEEMEA planning to tap investors this week.

The Sultanate of Oman launched a dollar sukuk on Tuesday, which investors said would receive strong demand as investors hunt for high yielding Sharia-compliant paper.

Ecobank Transnational is planning to debut in the sustainability bond market as Kuwait's Ahli United Bank prepares to enter the market for a sukuk. Emerging market issuers are continuing to flood the market amid concerns from some about the Federal Reserve tapering its asset purchase programme.

The Sultanate of Oman, one of only two sub-investment grade credits in the Gulf, is set to sell a sukuk. The government is seeking the dollar-denominated debt months after it last entered both the bond and syndicated loan markets to bolster its financial capacity.

Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) has launched its $500m borrowing into general syndication, after attracting six banks in the senior phase.

Industrial Bank has sold a dual-currency deal through its Hong Kong branch, becoming the first Chinese lender to print an offshore ‘carbon neutrality bond’. It relied heavily on support from a 42-member syndicate team, as well as its relative rarity in the international debt market, to nab around $922m.