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Melco Resorts Finance added $350m to its existing 2025 bonds on Tuesday, managing to capture the interest of some Asian investors that had previously shunned the credit.

China Huarong International Holdings has approached lenders for a $800m short-term fundraising, making it the third unit of parent China Huarong Asset Management Co to access liquidity in the syndicated loan market this year.

China’s Baidu is readying a dual-tranche dollar bond offering, mandating banks for the deal, while Melco Resorts Finance opened a tap of its May notes on Tuesday.

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India’s Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has mandated banks for a green dollar bond, a first for the company.

Chinese resource-based energy company Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) pulled what could have been its debut international bond on Tuesday — the second borrower to cancel a deal recently — as heavy high yield supply as a result of two potentially huge exchange offers, as well as the underperformance of recent paper, weighed on investors’ minds.

ANZ has hired Sonny Lin as the new head of markets for Taiwan, poaching him from Standard Chartered.

Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) is marketing its maiden international bond, while Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings is taking bids for a tap of notes printed earlier this year. China Gold International Resources Corp, meanwhile, is meeting investors later this week for its second offshore outing.

Invitations are out for a $235m triple tranche loan for private equity firm Partners Group’s acquisition of business process outsourcing company SPi Global.

International Finance Corp (IFC) and ANZ have launched a $150m fundraising for Indonesia Infrastructure Finance (IIF) into syndication.

Shui On Development (Holding) has become the latest Asian issuer to announce a senior perpetual bond, while Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) has hired two firms to work on an offshore outing.

Chinese issuers Far East Horizon and Power Construction Corporation of China sealed perpetual non-call five year deals on Wednesday, feeding investor appetite for yield from high quality names.