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Asia’s equity-linked market joined in the sub-one year bond party this week, as issuers and investors both found something to like in the structure. Two Chinese property developers successfully priced nearly identical 363-day deals, though they had slightly different results in the aftermarket. John Loh reports.

China Evergrande Group attempted the largest Asian convertible bond in nearly two decades this week. But after investors baulked, the company pulled off one of the starkest changes of direction to a live deal GlobalCapital Asia has ever seen, relaunching with a new structure, a smaller deal size and a bigger bookrunning group, writes Jonathan Breen.

The first of China’s much-anticipated pipeline of technology-centric IPOs this year is starting to materialise.

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Indian brokerage JM Financial is set to bag Rp6.5bn ($101.8m) from a qualified institutional placement with no discount to its market price, as investors jostled for the shares.

The euro market is taking a breather as a frenetic January draws to a close. But one borrower hit screens and launched a deal on Wednesday, while the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) sent out a request for proposals for next week.

Credit Suisse has let go of a managing director in debt capital markets.

China Evergrande Group made its debut in the equity-linked market on Tuesday, raising a hefty HK$18bn ($2.3bn) from a convertible bond — but not before slicing a third off the original deal size and rejigging its structure.

Property developer China Evergrande Group opened books for a HK$23bn ($2.9bn) perpetual convertible bond on Tuesday evening, a deal that was much sought after by banks.

Future Land Development Holdings and Powerlong Real Estate Holdings sold their respective equity-linked notes with almost similar results on Monday. Both deals were fully increased and priced near the investor-friendly end of terms.

US lottery and gaming group Scientific Games International sold its first euro bonds this week, in a European high yield market that bankers and investors described as ready and steady for opposite reasons.

Private equity firm PAI's divestment of its majority stake in Kiloutou, the French equipment rental firm, is pumping supply into the term loan market this week through a secondary buyout. Meanwhile, PAI is itself funding its leveraged buyout of Albéa, a French beauty product packaging group, with a high yield pay-if-you-can (PIYC) bond.