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Bulgarian animal drugs firm Huvepharma is due to close its €275m acquisition loan by the end of Wednesday, with pricing expected to tighten on the deal.

China Construction Bank Asia will be meeting investors this week for what could be the lender’s first ever Basel III compliant bank capital transaction.

Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) raised $1bn with a dual-tranche bond on August 5, pricing through its curve for the five year tranche. But even though the issuer went out with a SEC-registered deal, the bulk of the demand still came from Asian accounts.

Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) returned to the market on August 5, opening books to a SEC -egistered dual tranche benchmark transaction that is split between a five year and a 12 year.

Our biggest survey of Asia's foreign exchange services to date led to some familiar names winning the top ranked positions, while some other institutions made impressive leaps up the rankings into top three positions.

Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco) netted W186.3bn ($180m) on Monday night by selling a 4.4% stake in telecommunications company LG U+. Despite the fact that the leads opened bookbuilding without much visibility on books, investors flooded into the deal eager to get their hands on the South Korean stock.

Bulgarian animal drugs firm Huvepharma is set to announce a final price structure on its €275m acquisition loan this Tuesday.

Brazilian low-cost airline GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (GOL) has bought back $186.6m of dollar bonds, the company said.

Cosmetics packager HCP Global is targetting a US syndication for a $380m financing, banking on a strong reception from a market that is happy to invest into cov-lite deals. The facility is split into three facilities and has three banks at the top level.

Chinese internet security provider Qihoo 360 Technology priced the largest convertible bond from an Asian ex-Japan issuer in four years taking home $900m on August 1 in spite of a challenging market backdrop.

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Internet security provider Qihoo 360 Technology shook the market this week by launching the largest convertible bond from an Asian ex-Japan issuer in four years. The $900m size is eyecatching enough, but the offering has also been structured as a dual trancher, which is rare among issuers in the region, writes Rev Hui.