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Oil major BP and motorbike maker Harley-Davidson both hit the euro bond market on Tuesday, in the wake of the European Central Bank’s far bigger than expected first week of corporate bond purchases.

Ghanaian cocoa agency, Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), will raise a $600m loan from supranational and international lenders. The deal is Cocobod's third syndicated loan this year.

BMW Auto Finance (China) has wrapped up its last foray of the year into the Chinese auto loan ABS market with a tightly priced deal. A diverse group of investors took up the senior tranche of the Rmb8bn ($1.14bn) trade, said bankers.

Russian pulp and paper producer Ilim Group has launched syndication to refinance a $500m loan, according to bankers. The loan is one of the last expected to be signed in Russia's international syndicated market this year.

Dongfeng Nissan Auto Finance bagged Rmb6.5bn ($920m) from its third auto loan ABS trade of the year on Wednesday. Despite being the largest ABS trade the originator has done, the four tranche deal was well covered.

State-owned China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) raised $2bn from three dollar bonds on Monday, making a rapid comeback to the debt market.

BMW Auto Finance (China) is planning a return to the auto loan ABS market next week with a Rmb8bn ($1.1bn) deal.

Dongfeng Nissan Auto Finance, a joint venture between Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor and Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor, will return to the Chinese auto loan ABS market on November 5 for its third deal of the year. The Rmb6.5bn ($920m) four-tranche note will be the issuer’s largest outing to date.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has printed a pair of tightly priced currency linked notes, showing that investors are accepting lower yields in return for exposure to potential currency appreciation.

Small appliance maker JS Global Lifestyle Co has shelved its potential HK$3.62bn ($462.2m) Hong Kong listing after a week of bookbuilding.

Huawei Technologies Co, a centrepiece in the ongoing US-China trade war, bagged Rmb3bn ($425m) from its first-ever onshore bond on Wednesday. Although the issuance opens up a new and cheap funding channel for the company, it will have to return to the dollar bond market to refinance its outstanding bond soon, bankers said.

Chinese state-owned commodity chemicals producer Shanghai Huayi (Group) Co has sold an almost 10 times covered five year bond, while Yuzhou Properties Co raised $500m to fund a tender offer. Two local government financing vehicles also made their offshore debuts.