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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made a double hire from Deutsche Bank, adding Adrien de Naurois and Hiren Gudka to its SSA team.

Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp is seeking a chunky HK$38.4bn ($4.95bn) loan to fund its acquisition of Wing Hang Bank, with three lenders underwriting the whole fundraising. The large size of the debt will test market liquidity, but bankers away from the transaction reckon lenders will put their faith in the OCBC name, writes Rashmi Kumar.

China Merchants Holdings International will offer HK$15.3bn ($1.97bn) worth of mandatory convertible securities to its existing shareholders in a deal that could improve the company's credit rating.

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan met investors this week as it looks to return to the international bond market. But while the issuer’s fundamentals are improving, it will still have to work to win over investors, writes Isabella Zhong.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) is looking to issue the second US dollar Basel III-compliant tier two bond from a Singaporean bank, after UOB printed a $800m bond in March.

Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation is looking to issue the second US dollar Basel III-compliant tier two bond from a Singaporean bank after UOB printed a $800m bond in March.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made a double hire from Deutsche Bank, adding Adrien de Naurois and Hiren Gudka to its SSA team.

Tullow Oil, the UK company that explores for oil in Africa, is planning to price a $500m high yield bond on Thursday.

Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, which announced on April 1 that it had made an offer to acquire Wing Hang Bank, is set to fund the HK$38.4bn ($4.95bn) acquisition with a loan provided by three banks.

Latin American borrowers are rushing to the bond market to take advantage of strong new issue conditions. Four deals were printed on Tuesday. Bankers say there is no sign of indigestion yet as several companies line up potential debuts.

Shinhan Bank printed a $500m three year bond Wednesday night as a warm response from US investors helped the issuer to price tight to its comparables.

Lippo Karawaci is looking to make a return to the dollar market with an eight year offering as Indonesian names start to fill up the pipeline.