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Four shareholders, including private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and cable operator First Media, are in the market to sell Rph8.15tr ($668m) worth of shares in Link Net, in what could be Indonesia’s largest equity transaction of the year.

Tentative allocations are out for smartphone maker Xiaomi’s $1bn dual tranche loan. The deal has proved popular as bankers are eager to lend to the company that has ambitious plans for global expansion.

Mobile phone maker Xiaomi’s $1bn dual tranche loan has netted commitments from nine lenders in general syndication. The deal has been a popular one as bankers are eager to lend to the company that has ambitious plans for global expansion.

Luxury goods retailer SSI Group opened books for its Ps6.5bn ($146m) IPO on October 15, and if all goes well will debut on the Philippine stock exchange in early November to become the largest listing in the country this year.

Bank of China (BoC) is considering dropping the euro tranche for its debut additional tier one (AT1) after failing to generate enough interest for that currency on its global roadshow.

Commodity trader Gunvor has launched a $900m dual tranche revolving credit facility into syndication. The loan replaces one tranche of a deal signed in 2013.

A total of four shareholders including private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and cable operator First Media is in the market to sell Rph8.15tr ($668m) shares in Link Net in what could be Indonesia’s largest equity transaction of the year.

A quiet Philippines IPO market is finally about to see some action with luxury goods retailer SSI Group set to open books for a Ps6.5bn ($146m) transaction on October 15. While the size of the offering has been drastically reduced by 40%, the IPO is still expected to be the largest in the country this year.

Mexico’s Pemex and Peru's InRetail timed their deals to coincide with two of the better days in markets in recent weeks. Bankers said the attractive pricing achieved by the borrowers showed the market was far from shut, but volatility is expected to remain despite the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) providing few surprises at its latest meeting on Wednesday.

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The New Zealand dollar market has quietened down since the summer and is likely to slow more in coming weeks but Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO) and Korea Eximbank found five year demand this week. Elsewhere in non-core currencies investors flocked to a rare appearance by the Province of Lower Austria in Swiss francs.

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