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ING Bank has hired Winston Tay as head of Asia debt syndicate in Singapore, effective Wednesday.

Dutch construction company Royal BAM Group has refinanced a €417.5m revolving credit facility due to mature in 2018, with a smaller loan of €400m with tighter pricing, after printing a €125m convertible bond in June.

Garanti saw the syndicate for its latest one year loan shrink by five lenders. Other Turkish banks will have to take note as smaller lending groups are set to become a feature of their borrowing, according to the head of financial institutions at the bank.

Uniper, the German power and gas company on Wednesday issued its first public bond since spinning off from E.ON earlier this year, tapping the short end of the curve with a two year offering.

Czech telcoms firm Ceska Telekomunikacni Infrastruktura (CETIN) attempted to throw off any emerging markets tag it bears on Tuesday, printing a €625m trade after a long marketing period tailored to investment grade funds in western Europe, according to two bankers on the deal.

After several weeks of discussions with investors Ceska Telekomunikacni Infrastruktura (CETIN) finally hit the screens with a new bond on Tuesday – though it had to sweeten the deal with a coupon step-up – and had pulled in over €1.4bn of orders by mid-morning.

SP Mortgage Bank got a strong response this week for its first covered bond, partly due to its defensive five year maturity, while Caffil did well to issue a 15 year deal despite soaring volatility.

Four banks will lead the financing for the €533m acquisition of Romanian retail chain Profi, the largest private equity acquisition ever in Romania.

Export-Import Bank of China hit the debt market on Wednesday, bagging €2bn (US$2.1bn) in the largest euro deal from a Chinese borrower to date. While DCM bankers say that there’s little opportunity for arbitrage, Chexim benefited by reaching new investors. Morgan Davis reports.

Adecco and ASML won single digit new issue premiums on a positive day in the corporate bond market on Wednesday, but both issuers’ order books dropped when they tightened pricing.

Chinese issuers stormed the primary debt market on Wednesday with Export-Import Bank of China, China Aluminum International Engineering Corp (Chalieco) and Changsha Pilot Investment Holdings Co among the borrowers attracting bids.

The Asian debt market stepped up a gear Tuesday with a number of new launches and mandates, as issuers navigate the volatility and try to wrap up their fundraisings before key holidays and the end of the year.