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The Hong Kong loan market has had a busy week, with two chunky financings sealed. The HK$5bn ($645m) loan for CLP Power, which will help fund its acquisition of stakes in Castle Peak Power Co and Hong Kong Pumped Storage Development Co, was signed on January 22 after a group of 12 lenders joined during syndication. Meanwhile, Sun Hung Kai has also signed its HK$14bn loan, after just one bank came in during general.
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Malaysian company SapuraKencana Petroleum’s $5.8bn jumbo loan has received its first set of commitments from two local lenders, according to a banker, while Indian company Vedanta Resources’ $500m loan is also gathering traction.
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Taiwan Cement Corp International Limited (TCCI), the Hong Kong subsidiary of Taiwan’s largest cement manufacturer, has created a rush of excitement among bankers thanks to its request for proposals for a $1bn loan. The size of the deal has prompted bankers to claim it could be a game changer for the pricing of loans, not only in Taiwan, but across Asia, writes Rashmi Kumar.
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Indian state-owned Rural Electrification Corp has sent out a request for proposals to banks to raise $150m, only two months after it signed a $285m financing. But it has already gathered plenty of interest from banks who wish to break away from the oil and gas names hogging the market.
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Power companies Navigat Energy and Malakoff Corp have launched their respective loans into general syndication, providing the first set of deals to emerge from the Indonesian and Malaysian markets this year.
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Agribusiness Wii, a fully-owned subsidiary of Wilmar International, has launched its $1.75bn loan into general syndication, opting for a larger initial size than the last time it came to the market. But if the response is at all similar to its loan from 2013, the borrower is likely to increase the loan, said bankers.