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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has approved a $750m loan to the Philippines to help it recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Singapore’s real estate group CapitaLand has bagged its fifth sustainability-linked loan, after sealing two green deals just last month.

Taiwan’s Chailease International Finance Corp is returning to the loan market through its Singapore entity for a $100m deal.

BOC Aviation leveraged on its ties to its Chinese state-owned parent and its own standalone credentials to raise $750m on Tuesday. It proved that it has access to bond market liquidity at a time when companies focused on aircraft leasing have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bank of the Laos PDR is in talks with banks for a new borrowing, returning to to the offshore loan market after raising two deals last year.

Two Singaporean companies, GuocoLand and Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust, raised green loans this week.

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has pocketed MR735.7m ($168.6m) from the sale of a stake in Telekom Malaysia, after boosting the size of the trade.

New York Stock Exchange-listed online gaming company Sea tapped equity-linked bond investors for $1bn this week, following a surge in its share price after it reported strong first quarter earnings.

Singapore-based online gaming company Sea has launched a $1bn convertible bond, following a surge in its share price after reporting strong first quarter earnings.

Singapore hard disk drive company MMI International has sent out extension requests to lenders on a $580m loan, as it struggles to make the outstanding payment on time.

Charoen Pokphand Group has launched a $7.15bn-equivalent loan into general syndication after attracting five banks at the senior level.

Indonesian palm oil producer Perkebunan Nusantara III (PTPN) is seeking consent from banks to delay payments on a dollar loan, given expectations of a hit to its business because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But bankers told GlobalCapital Asia this week that the state-owned company has enough cash to make the payments, with the syndicate team set to reject its deferral request. Pan Yue reports.