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Klabin, the Brazilian pulp and paper company, returned to bond markets on Wednesday, taking advantage of a flattening yield curve to issue its first long bond, despite a bad day for Brazilian assets.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia has closed its $700m offshore syndicated loan, with 15 participants joining during syndication.

Singapore’s Frasers Property has closed a S$785m ($581m) green loan, the second green borrowing in six months.

China’s Texhong Textile Group has returned to the loan market for HK$1bn ($127m) only six months after it closed a larger facility.

Telefónica, the Spanish telecoms group with €55bn of debt, came to the euro market on Tuesday to refinance two of its hybrid capital bonds. It launched a tender offer for the pair, which now total €1.3bn, and a hybrid new issue to replace them, tacking on opportunistically a 10 year senior bond issue.

India’s InterGlobe Technologies (IGT) is tapping the international loan market for a debut $100m five year borrowing.

China’s Hefei Guoxuan High-Tech Power Energy and Bank of Communications Financial Leasing are both raising dollar loans. But while Guoxuan is tapping offshore liquidity, Bocom Leasing is targeting onshore banks.

Philippine oil company Petron Corp has returned to the offshore loan market after a two year absence, picking a bigger lead group that has allowed it to achieve much tighter pricing.

Bank of Communication Financial Leasing has launched a $270m three year loan into general syndication, turning to onshore Chinese banks with stockpiles of dollars.

Bank Muscat's Islamic banking arm, Meethaq, has requested proposals from banks for its debut loan syndication.

Tylor Hartwell is starting at National Australia Bank, after leaving Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation earlier this year.

National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) has become the latest Indian corporation to tap the Samurai loan market, taking advantage of the cheap pricing and abundant liquidity on offer from Japanese banks.