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AngloGold Ashanti is offering to purchase for cash up to $810m of its $1.25bn 8.5% 2020s, surprising some analysts who had been expecting the company to wait until the call date on the notes next year to repurchase the bonds.

It was a tense finish for the Indian government’s Rp93.96bn ($1.42bn) sell-down of its stake in Indian Oil Corp (IOC) with books only covered just before the transaction was due to close thanks to late bids from state-owned insurers.

Samsung Bioepis, the pharmaceutical arm of Korea’s Samsung Group, is planning a highly-anticipated IPO on the Nasdaq in 2016, and has dished out mandates for the listing to four banks.

Though this month has been one the quietest Augusts in the memory of many Latin America bankers, Peru was correct to anticipate US rate rises by issuing its first new dollar benchmark since 2010 on Tuesday, they said.

The slide in the oil price this year is prompting several oil producing sovereigns, including Iraq, to rethink and bring forward their plans in the capital markets. Francesca Young reports.

An Iraq sovereign bond deal looms ever closer, but is not expected to open the floodgates for bonds from other entities from the region.

Matrimony.com, a provider of online matchmaking services in India, has filed for a listing to raise Rp3.5bn ($53.7m) in new equity, and appointed Citi, Deutsche Bank and Kotak Mahindra Capital as its lead banks.

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) provided a breath of fresh air to Asia’s bond market with its $450m perpetual deal. The lack of issuance this year from Philippine borrowers worked in the company’s favour, but SMC Global Power Holdings Corp’s quick follow-up had to endure a turn of sentiment in the market.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has priced a S$500m ($356m) perpetual non call five, the bank’s first additional tier one (AT1) offering. Deal-hungry investors came in strong for the Lion City’s first AT1 in almost two years.

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) provided a breath of fresh air to Asia's bond market this week thanks to its $450m perpetual deal. The lack of issuance this year from Philippine borrowers worked in the company’s favour, with the trade opening up an opportunity for more perps to follow.

The Republic of Peru took advantage of a deserted primary bond market in Latin America to issue its first new dollar benchmark since 2010 on Tuesday.

Video surveillance solutions provider UNV Digital Technologies filed for a Hong Kong IPO on August 17 with listing tentatively scheduled for the next two to three months.