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The syndication of €1.38bn of loans for German internet service provider United Internet is expected to close oversubscribed next week.

German ball bearing producer Schaeffler has set price guidance on its €1.8bn-equivalent term loan ‘B’.

The much talked about Bank of China (BoC) additional tier one capital (AT1) transaction is finally taking shape, with Asian and European roadshows scheduled to begin on October 10, according to bankers on the trade.

The evolution of the green bond market took another big step forward this week as two of Europe’s biggest borrowers launched dollar benchmarks in green format for the first time — and another European agency prepared a second green bond in euros.

Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) priced the third US dollar tier two bond from the country on October 7, coming in only slightly wider than peer Hana Bank.

FWD Life Insurance Company has made HK$1.09bn ($141m) by selling its entire stake in HKT Trust and HKT Limited, in a block trade that saw strong demand despite turbulent market conditions overnight.

Net dim sum primary issuance had its third strongest month this year in September, but China macro data woes and RMB liquidity constraints risk spoiling the Stock Connect launch party later this month.

Senior loans banker Aaron Chow has left HSBC after six years, GlobalCapital Asia understands.

The Kazakhstan sovereign printed its $2.5bn dual tranche bond on Monday, finally sating demand that had built for the country’s bonds over the last decade and re-pricing the curves of its quasi-sovereign borrowers. Leads built an $11bn book for the bond despite pricing inside emerging markets behemoth Brazil and being the first ever sovereign to adopt ICMA’s full range of recommendations for a collective action clause.

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) priced its second offshore RMB (CNH) bond on Monday, October 6, opting this time for a Rmb500m ($81m) debut in Taiwan's Formosa market.

Sentiment surrounding Korean bank capital transactions is high following Hana Bank’s sucessful Basel III tier two last week. Trying to ride that wave of optimism is Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), which opened books to its own tier two bond on October 7.

German ball bearing producer Schaeffler has launched a €1.8bn-equivalent six year term loan ‘B’ to refinance debt raised earlier this year.