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  • Equity issuance in Asia is up nearly 20% this year, buoyed by a surge in block trades and rising share prices. As 2017 passes the halfway mark with what some believe to be the best conditions for the primary equity market in years — as well as a crowded pipeline — bankers are looking to make the most of the second half. John Loh reports.
  • CJ CheilJedang Corp sold all of its stake in Samsung Life Insurance Co through an overnight block this week, raising W357.7bn ($314.2m) after the bookrunners managed to move investors up to the middle of the price range.
  • Thai property developer Singha Estate raised $229m on Wednesday from its first visit to the equity capital market, tapping international and domestic investors with a convertible bond and share placement combo.
  • CJ CheilJedang Corp has raised W357.7bn ($312.2m) after selling its entire position in Samsung Life Insurance Co through an overnight block, with the bookrunners managing to move up investors to the middle of the price range.
  • BNP Paribas’s drive to strengthen its EMEA equity capital markets business under Andreas Bernstorff, who took over as its head in January, has taken another step with what should be two important hires, while two managing directors are leaving the team.
  • South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp has hit the equities market to clean up its position in Samsung Life Insurance Co with a view to raise up to W361.4bn ($313.8m).