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Four banks have rolled out a S$1.75bn ($1.22bn) five year financing for a subsidiary of Singapore’s Universal Terminal.

KEB Hana Bank battled choppy markets with its first international outing after its merger. As volatility heightened during bookbuilding, the lender opted to scale back the size of the deal in exchange for tighter pricing.

India's Quick Heal Technologies wrapped up investor meetings for its $70m-$80m IPO last week and plans to open books in mid-February, according to sources.

GlobalCapital Asia held a New Year drinks and awards reception at Isono in Hong Kong on January 20, 2016.

The State of Baden-Wüerttemberg and NRW.Bank priced deals in euros on Wednesday thus avoiding a clash with Thursday's European Central Bank meeting.

Armacell, the German foam insulation manufacturer, has launched a€660m debt acquisition package to back its buyout by Blackstone and Kirkbi from Charterhouse Capital Partners.

While markets have been badly affected by a mixture of worrying economic data from China, falling commodity prices and a continued slump in many emerging markets, the SSA market looks solid.

Equity capital market bankers are finding it hard to feel optimistic about this quarter. By close last night, European stocks had already fallen 8.8% so far this year, and few deals had been launched.

The Province of British Columbia (BC) has announced price guidance for its upcoming Panda bond, which is set to go live on Thursday.

Bank of Communications Hong Kong showed that the year's volatile start is no problem for some issuers, bringing a $500m bond this week, which was driven by Chinese bank money. Bankers lauded the trade as BoCom pulled in a six times covered book without having to pay up.

South Korea’s KEB Hana Bank has gone live with the first international bond since its merger, launching a dollar deal on Wednesday morning.

SIF, a Dutch maker of components for the offshore wind, oil and gas markets, announced on Tuesday its intention to float, and began an investor education phase that will focus heavily on wind rather than oil.