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Asian bond issuers went full speed ahead with their fundraising plans on Monday, launching new deals ahead of Chinese New Year holidays at the end of the month.

TrailStone Group, the gas and power trader and investor based in London, has closed the year with a €150m revolving credit facility, which complies with the Green Loan Principles.

The Bank of England said it will increase the countercyclical buffer by 100bp for UK banks after disclosing the results of its latest stress test this week. As the sector performed well in the test, the new capital requirements are being interpreted as a ‘Brexit buffer’ to help institutions withstand the risk of economic turmoil at the end of 2020.

French water and waste management and energy services company, Veolia Environnement, bagged Rmb1.5bn ($215m) from a private placement Panda bond issuance last Friday.

Allianz Real Estate and Gaw Capital Partners have secured a joint S$945m ($697m) green loan to support the acquisition of Duo Tower and Duo Galleria in Singapore.

GlobalCapital Asia spent the last two months talking to banks and their clients to determine the most impressive capital markets transactions and advisers across Asia ex-Japan in 2019. We are pleased to begin our awards announcements in the loan market.

Investec has entered the loan market for the third time this year, taking a $450m two year term loan from a range of international lenders.

Shangrao Investment Holding Group Co tried to brave the market with a three year bond on Tuesday despite a volatile start to the week for local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), but it ended up pulling the dollar transaction.

French company Veolia Environnement is set to return to the Panda bond market after more than a year away. It has mandated banks for its third outing in China’s debt market.

India's REC, formerly known as Rural Electrification Corp, raised $500m from a five year bond on Thursday.

Vietnamese car manufacturer Truong Hai Auto Corp has closed its debut offshore borrowing, increasing the size of the loan to $210m.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co bagged $600m from a floating rate note (FRN), taking advantage of a strong preference from investors for a floating rate format compared to fixed.