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ChemChina will choose the banks to participate in the $20bn tranche of its Syngenta acquisition loan imminently, according to a banker close to the deal.

Russian software firm, Kaspersky Lab, is refinancing a credit facility with international banks and reducing the margin despite many Russian borrowers paying more for their loans.

Isbank emerged on Wednesday with the first senior deal from a Turkish financial borrower since last April.

Western Digital, the US maker of computer hard drives, has widened pricing on its $9.5bn loan package to entice reluctant lenders. The loan will back Western Digital’s $17bn acquisition of SanDisk.

Issuers have nipped into the euro market after Easter with some canny deals. Meanwhile the dollar market was watching US Federal Reserve chairperson, Janet Yellen, who on Tuesday said that the possibility of further rate hikes was “not a plan set in stone”.

Kia Motors Corp is ready to hit the road for a 144A/Reg S bond that could come to the market as early as mid April.

The City of Paris is set to follow deals from the European Stability Mechanism and SNCF Réseau last week by bringing a trade at the long end of the euro curve.

Ahli Bank Qatar is embarking on a series of investor meetings for its debut bond, a Reg S dollar benchmark.

Equitas Holdings has tweaked plans for its potential Rp20bn ($300.3m) IPO, as it works to become the first small finance bank to go public in India.

Oil and gas company KrisEnergy has extended a $111m revolver by one year, according to a release last Friday.

Dutch lender ABN Amro returned to the Singapore dollar bond market for the first time since 2012, raising S$450m ($331m) with a tier two offering.

Thailand’s TMB Bank made a popular return to the bond market on Wednesday, raising $300m from a 5.5 year offering that was six times covered thanks mostly to its rarity value.