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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has closed its annual refinancing, securing a $1.3bn facility from a range of international lenders. The facility, Cocobod's second international borrowing this year, has tighter margins than last year's round, illustrating a healthy appetite for one of Africa's most frequent borrowers.

BMW Auto Finance (China) is planning a comeback to asset-backed notes on September 17, and will replicate the structure of its April debut in the market.

Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) Tianjin Binhai New Area Construction & Investment Group Co and Changde Urban Construction Investment Group Co both relied on anchor support for their dollar bonds, after recent negative headlines about the sector.

Chinese issuers Country Garden Holdings Co, Guangxi Communications Investment Group Corp and Shuifa Group, all of which have investment-grade ratings, have sold well-supported dollar bonds to investors.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has priced $3.15bn of green bonds in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars and offshore renminbi (CNH), achieving a number of firsts in the process.

Six Greater China borrowers, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) and an unrated property developer, have wooed bond investors to their new dollar deals.

Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) has made a quick follow-up to its dollar market debut, rolling out a new dual-tranche deal less than two months after it sold its maiden bonds.

Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) made a grand market return on Wednesday, sealing a $750m perpetual bond on the back of a book that reached $8bn at its peak.

CCB Leasing added $300m to its 3.5% 2024 bonds on Wednesday, taking the total size of the transaction to $800m.

Chinese local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Zhangzhou Jiulongjiang Group Co reopened the post-summer bond market with a $500m deal, making its debut in dollars.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co priced a small $600m dual-tranche transaction, attracting twice as much interest on a floating rate note compared to a fixed rate bond.

China’s Joy City Property has returned to the loan market for an up to $800m facility.