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ONGC Videsh (OVL) has closed its dual currency $844m equivalent loan with just one lender joining the dollar tranche in syndication, said a banker who arranged the borrowing.

Marlin Enterprise is making a quick comeback to the loan market to refinance a borrowing from November 2015. It is offering lower returns for a deal with a longer maturity.

Six corporate investment grade borrowers took home a combined $3.75bn as the US dollar market finally took a breather for the summer after the breakneck pace of issuance for the month so far.

Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Auto Finance sealed a single tranche Rmb3bn ($451m) ABS deal on August 22, just five days after Bond Connect investors tapped the asset class for the first time. But the originator showed little interest in seducing the newcomers and stuck with the local investor base instead.

Ford Automotive Finance (China) has pulled off an impressive return to China’s auto ABS market. The company raised an eye-catching Rmb3.46bn ($518.4m) from its latest deal — and brought in the first crop of foreign investors tapping Chinese ABS through Bond Connect.

Peugeot Citroën’s joint venture in China is coming back to the ABS market on August 22 after a year-long absence. The automaker will approach investors with only one tranche, trimming from the two tranches offered on its debut. But that will not impact the size — the originator plans to triple its fund-raising with a Rmb3bn ($449.8m) offer.

Ford Automotive Finance (China) is gearing up for its second auto loan ABS transaction of the year in China, with bookbuilding slated for August 17. The carmaker is hoping to take home Rmb4bn ($600.2m) from the deal — a larger size than its last trade.

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Saka Energi Indonesia, the upstream oil and gas arm of state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara, has opened its $250m loan to retail participants through a group of six banks.

A former Standard Chartered loans banker has resurfaced at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp in a senior origination-related position, said a source.

The dollar market got off to a busy start in August with US telecoms heavyweights Verizon and Comcast taking home a combined $5.5bn on the back of strong demand.

Sri Lanka has reached its target of $1bn from a three year syndicated loan that was launched at $450m, after demand poured in from Indian lenders.