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CSI Properties and China Logistics Property (CNLP) are in the thick of the dollar debt market this week, with the former gauging interest for a perpetual deal, and the latter boosting its coffers with a tap.

Japanese telecoms company SoftBank has done it again. On Tuesday, it replicated its 2015 success of a €4.5bn bond issued outside of the US high yield market with a new €4.75bn issue.

The Korea Development Bank is courting investors for a triple-tranche dollar offering, including a new floating rate note and a fixed rate note, as well as a tap of its existing floating 2022s.

Sino-Ocean Group Holdings began marketing a new subordinated deal on Tuesday morning, returning to the dollar bond market after a gap of more than two years.

UBS has hired a senior banker from Citi as the executive vice-chairman of the Asia Pacific investment bank, a newly created position at the Swiss firm.

Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust launched bookbuilding on Monday for a €902.9m ($1.08bn) listing on the Singapore Exchange, a move in line with the parent’s diversification strategy.

Sean Weissenberger has moved to Citi to run EMEA chemicals investment banking.

China Aoyuan Property Group took advantage of an improvement in its credit metrics and a recent ratings upgrade to return to the debt market for the second time this year, netting its targeted $250m in the process.

China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) sealed its second benchmark transaction of the year, a four tranche $3.25bn deal, just five months after the state-owned company took home $3.4bn from a similar transaction.

UBS has hired a handful of senior bankers for its Japanese equity and fixed income units from Mizuho and other rivals, boosting its bench strength amid growth in client activity and deal flow.

China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) is making a rapid comeback to the dollar bond market. It announced a triple-tranche transaction on Wednesday, just five months after nabbing an impressive $3.4bn from investors.

Action in Asia ex-Japan’s offshore bond market picked up on Wednesday, with property developers from Greater China announcing new transactions.