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The controlling shareholder of Thailand’s Stark Corp has sold a chunk of his shares in the company, raising Bt3.77bn ($122.4m) after pricing the deal towards the top of price guidance.

Singapore's Clifford Capital returned to the offshore bond market this week to raise $500m.

Indonesian non-bank financial institution Chandra Sakti Utama Leasing has launched a $75m loan into general syndication, with bankers expecting the firm’s modest rise in non-performing loans versus peers to hold it in good stead.

Indonesian garment company Pan Brothers has been downgraded by Fitch Ratings for the third time this year owing to defaults on a dollar loan.

PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) got a five times subscribed book for its dual-tranche bond on Thursday, attracting investors as a rare transaction from Thailand.

The Asian Development Bank broke a decade-long absence from China’s domestic market to price a Rmb2bn ($307m) Panda bond at a record low spread this week. Its assistant treasurer told GlobalCapital that the multilateral development bank is open to selling longer dated and green renminbi-denominated deals. Addison Gong reports.

While European banks have been ducking the covered bond market in favour of central bank liquidity, issuance from the asset class’s newer markets has also been light, but for different reasons. Attention is now on South Korea and Japan, which are seen as the most promising sources of new issuance, according to a senior S&P ratings official.

Singapore's Temasek Holdings and its wholly owned Azalea Asset Management sold the fourth iteration of the Astrea collateralised fund obligation (CFO) this week. They raised more than $450m from the institutional portion of the deal, using a tried-and-tested structure.

The Asian Development Bank made a rare outing in China’s interbank market this week. The Rmb2bn ($307m) bond, priced significantly below the onshore benchmark, ended the multilateral development bank’s absence from the domestic Chinese market for over a decade.

The Asian Development Bank is marketing a five year renminbi-denominated bond, as it looks to raise Rmb2bn ($307m) from its first outing in the onshore China market in over a decade.

Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank has closed its debut offshore borrowing at $71m.

A consortium led by Malaysia’s TTL Energy and Engie Asia Pacific, the regional arm of French energy firm Engie, has raised a RM342m ($84m) green loan to support the development of a solar plant in Malaysia.