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China’s Ministry of Finance has raised €4bn from a three tranche deal, returning to the euro market after a 15 year layoff. Bankers think the deal will encourage Chinese issuers from across the credit spectrum to come to the euro market.

Bajaj Finance, an Indian non-banking financial company, has launched its debut offshore borrowing of $575m-equivalent into general syndication.

Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp has launched its $1.75bn loan into general syndication, after one bank joined as a mandated lead arranger and bookrunner during the senior phase.

South Korean steel company Posco checked every box for investors with its $500m bond issuance on Monday. Even though the deal offered no new issue premium and pricing was tightened aggressively, buy-side support did not waver, said bankers.

Six Chinese real estate issuers — mostly high yield — flooded the dollar bond market on Monday with one to four year tenor deals. Investment grade rated China Vanke Co, on the other hand, tapped the longer end of the curve with a dual-tranche issuance.

China Construction Bank’s Singapore branch joined the offshore renminbi bond issuance party on Monday with a Rmb1bn ($142m) two year deal.

The $166.3m loan to support Blackstone Group’s Essel Propack acquisition has been oversubscribed, with 10 participants joining during general syndication.

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International turned to Europe for its fundraising efforts this week, enticing investors to a €400m high yield rated bond.

The People’s Republic of China has caused a stir among DCM bankers in Asia and Europe with plans to return to the euro bond market for the first time since 2004. While expectations on opposite sides of the world are starkly different, what is clear is that the sovereign’s deal will be less about the pricing itself and more about making a statement. Addison Gong and Burhan Khadbai report.

Agricultural Development Bank of China, one of three Chinese policy banks, bagged Rmb5.5bn ($781m) from a popular dual-tranche offshore renminbi bond on Wednesday, adding some life to the moribund dim sum market. Rebecca Feng reports.

Zhenro Properties Group returned to the dollar bond market for the ninth time in 2019 on Wednesday. The real estate borrower raised $300m from what is likely to be its last deal of the year.

One of the more fascinating transactions to reach the Schuldschein market in the past few months is from the European arm of Singapore-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Cromwell. The transaction’s closing date was postponed by more than a month, as many away from the deal claimed the deal was struggling to find traction. But bankers close to the situation were quick to assure that it was still on track and investors just needed more time to analyse the credit.