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China Construction Bank Asia is meeting investors for what could be the lender’s first ever Basel III compliant bank capital transaction.

BNP Paribas has appointed Paul Yang as the regional head for Greater China as well as country head for China, in addition to his current responsibilities as country head for Hong Kong and CEO of BNP Paribas’ Hong Kong Branch.

James Fielder, head of local currency syndication Asia Pacific at HSBC, is relocating to the UK where he will work in the lender’s Banking division.

The Asian arm of Louis Dreyfus Commodities has closed syndication of its three year revolver at $500m, higher than its launch size of $300m, with the borrower’s relationship banks coming into the deal.

Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) raised $1bn with a dual tranche bond on Tuesday, pricing through its curve for the five year tranche. But even though the issuer went out with a SEC-registered deal, the bulk of the demand still came from Asian accounts.

China Merchants Bank returned to the bond market on Tuesday but this time the proceeds of the deal will go to its subsidiary CMB Leasing.

Materis Chryso, the French admixture producer for concrete and cement, has widened the margin on its €165m seven year term loan ‘B’, after lenders pushed back on pricing.

Ivan Loktev, a director of CEEMEA debt capital markets at HSBC, has left the bank. Loktev had been at HSBC for nearly 10 years. He was covering the former CIS countries.

China Construction Bank Asia will be meeting investors this week for what could be the lender’s first ever Basel III compliant bank capital transaction.

Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) raised $1bn with a dual-tranche bond on August 5, pricing through its curve for the five year tranche. But even though the issuer went out with a SEC-registered deal, the bulk of the demand still came from Asian accounts.

China Merchants Bank made a return to the bond market on Tuesday, August 5 but this time the proceeds of the deal will go to its subsidiary CMB Leasing.

Materis Paints has reduced the size of its seven year term loan ‘B’ from €292m to €267m and flexed pricing on the facility, in the first sign of a successful push-back from investors after weeks of borrower-friendly terms on new issues.