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Veritas Technologies on Tuesday began marketing a €580m-equivalent secured bond, the last leg of the debt package that supports its acquisition by private equity firm Carlyle — and that investors rejected in November 2015.

HSH Portfoliomanagement, a wind-down agency for non-performing ship financing loans from HSH Nordbank, has hired banks to run a roadshow that could be followed by a debut syndication.

Nigeria sent out a request for proposals on Monday for a $1bn bond and has asked for responses by September 19.

Two of India’s largest life insurers, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co and Max Life Insurance Co, have finalised the terms of their merger and subsequent listing on the country’s stock exchanges.

Indonesia’s Pertamina is expected to launch its long awaited $1.5bn five year financing into general syndication this week, punctuating a quiet period for the southeast Asian loan market.

Export credit agency Turk Eximbank has signed a $750m 10 year loan from international lenders, having secured a €400m deal just last month.

Indian construction firm Dilip Buildcon is set to bag Rp6.6bn ($98.9m) from pricing its IPO at the top of guidance. It attracted a horde of investors, finding some share reservations nearly 80x subscribed.

South Korea’s Nonghyup Bank is looking to reach out to international investors for the first time this year, having hired banks to work on a 144A trade.

India’s Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services is planning to float an infrastructure investment trust later this year and is targeting a potential size of Rp15bn ($224.0m), according to a source familiar with the matter.

EM bond investors said they expected a strong local bid to push new bonds from Chilean government-owned oil company Empresa Nacional de Petróleo (Enap) tighter after the company raised $700m of 10 year senior unsecured bonds on Tuesday.

France's Danone has completed syndication of $13.1bn of loans to fund the $12.5bn acquisition of North American organic food and drinks company White Wave. But there might not be many more jumbo deals this year, as political volatility looks set to hang over the M&A market for a little longer, writes Robert Cooke.

Auto-parts business Adient on Thursday started pricing a $2bn cross-border bond, attracting high demand for a deal that could be the last high yield offering before the European market breaks for the summer.