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Saudi Arabia has had to scale back banks grappling to get on its $16bn loan, which will be used to refinance a $10bn loan taken out in 2016.

Syndicates away from the Kingdom of Bahrain's new issue are saying that a huge widening in the sovereign’s outstanding bonds is indicative that investors are “not happy” to see the new paper arriving, though those on the deal are simply blaming market volatility.

ICICI Securities has raised only Rp35.2bn ($543m) from its IPO, short of the original Rp40bn target, after tough pricing led to a poor turnout from local investors.

Chinese live mobile streaming platform Inke is looking to float in Hong Kong, filing a draft prospectus with the city’s stock exchange.

Citi has appointed Jan Metzger as the new head of corporate and investment banking for Asia Pacific, replacing Mark Slaughter.

A bond market veteran will leave Citigroup at the end of March to chair Capital Generation Partners, an investment management firm.

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank has signed a $350m loan with a club of seven relationship banks to refinance borrowing done in 2015.

Personal computer maker Lenovo priced a $750m deal on Thursday as part of a liability management exercise, switching some investors out of an old bond that will mature next year. But like others in the market, the borrower had to pay a double-digit new issue premium to ensure success.

A jaw-dropping $20bn of investor orders poured in for Naspers’s overnight share sale in Hong Kong-listed Tencent Holdings, in a deal one banker summed up as "a huge success, and a landmark for all involved".

Mainland online credit card manager 51 Credit Card submitted a draft IPO prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday.

India’s ICICI Securities covered nearly a third of its Rp40.2bn ($617.1m) IPO on the first day of bookbuilding, after the deal was launched with strong support from anchor investors.

Mainland firms Hope Education Group and Beijing Huatu Hongyang Education & Culture Corp are seeking the green light to launch IPOs in Hong Kong.