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BPCE seized an opportunity to launch €1.5bn of preferred senior funding this week — an asset class that has outperformed all other bank funding products in the market in recent trading sessions.

Lenovo Group took a cautious approach to its $650m bond issuance last Friday, opting for size instead of price and offering investors a hefty premium for its deal.

China National Travel Service Group Corp (CNT) raised $900m from a dual-tranche bond on Thursday, making it the first Chinese state-owned enterprise to come to the market in more than a month.

Singapore’s CapitaLand, a real estate giant, has raised a total of S$400m ($283m) from two bilateral green loans, giving a further boost to its sustainability financing credentials.

Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional and China's Lenovo Group set the stage for new dollar deals on Tuesday, taking advantage of a rally in Asian bonds and improved investor sentiment despite the growing impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Singapore’s flag carrier is planning to raise S$8.8bn ($6.16bn) from a concurrent rights issue and sale of convertible bonds to help stem crippling losses driven by the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Asia’s sustainability-linked loan market has expanded further with a real estate investment trust raising funds linked to the global real estate sustainability benchmark (GRESB), a first for the region.

Singapore hard disk drive company MMI International is looking to amend and extend an old loan ahead of a looming maturity, as it faces pressure on its financials.

Property developer New World China Land has closed a HK$6.85bn ($880m) loan, attracting nine participants during syndication.

China Cinda (HK) Holdings Co priced a $2bn four-tranche transaction on Wednesday, paying a premium to reach its size target as the fast-spreading novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, continued to rattle global markets.

India’s Tata Steel and Birla Carbon have decided not to syndicate their chunky loans, amid reluctance from the bookrunners to sell down their positions in a slowing market for deals.

TVS Supply Chain Solutions, a subsidiary of Indian industrial conglomerate TVS Group, has mandated three banks for a $185m loan that will be syndicated to a small set of banks.