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Mamoura Diversified Global Holding sold a dual tranche dollar bond featuring a Formosa tranche on Thursday. Formosa bonds have been gaining traction among Middle East issuers as they seek to tap into Asian investor demand.

In a rare international bond issue from Pakistan, state-owned Water and Power Development Authority has issued the country's first responsible investment-labelled bond. It was also Wapda's debut dollar bond.

Times China Holdings, Yango Group and Greenland Hong Kong Holdings, all of which are real estate developers, raised $840m between them from the bond market on Thursday, continuing a recent revival in issuance from the sector.

Days after it sold a private placement, Mamoura Diversified Global Holding returned to the bond market on Thursday for a dollar dual trancher. The syndication will include a Formosa tranche.

The Emirate of Abu Dhabi raised $2bn on Tuesday, in a deal that bankers said achieved one of the largest negative new issue premiums on any sovereign dollar investment grade bond so far this year.

A handful of Chinese investment grade names bombarded the dollar debt market on Tuesday, taking more than $2bn.

CMB International Capital Corp, China Merchants Bank's wholly-owned offshore financial services platform, jumped into the offshore market on Tuesday to raise $600m.

The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the highest rated sovereign issuers in the Middle East, was in the market on Tuesday for a seven year dollar bond less than a year after it broke records by issuing the Gulf's longest ever bond.

China’s state-owned Zijin Mining Co is once again attempting to boost its relationship with international banks with a new $500m loan in syndication.

Debut Chinese borrowers are steadily returning to the dollar loan market, taking advantage of economic recovery in the country to raise money to finance their capital expenditure.

South African bank Investec is inviting Asian lenders to join a $450m sustainability-linked loan that is being syndicated globally.

Barclays has hired a managing director from Standard Chartered in London to cover fintech clients in EMEA.