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Equate Petrochemical Company, a US and Kuwaiti joint venture, has picked banks for its debut bond issue and, despite heavy supply from Middle East borrowers, bankers have no doubt demand for the deal will be strong.

China Great Wall International Holdings III and Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co are preparing to hit the road for their respective senior unsecured dollar offerings.

South Korea’s Samsung BioLogics gathered enough orders from investors to cover its W2.25tr ($2.0bn) IPO after the very first day of bookbuilding.

Fullerton Healthcare Corp is working with the Singapore regulator to resolve issues around its S$213.3m ($154.7m) IPO, with the delay causing some investors to consider pulling their bids.

The Polish national champion successfully issued its first euro denominated covered bond benchmark on Monday, and the first publicly syndicated deal ever issued by a Polish bank in the euro market.

Fresenius has completed a €1.2bn incremental loan to help fund the acquisition of Spanish hospital group Quirónsalud. The company has also added a fourth bank to a separate €3.75bn club loan to help fund the purchase, according to a banker close to the deal.

Jordan has mandates two international banks for its second bond to come without a USAID guarantee as the sovereign places its first local currency sukuk.

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) named on Monday the 22 banks which participated in its $1.5bn loan signed in September, a deal which the borrower described as the largest corporate loan in the country's history.

Panamanian lender Global Bank saw its new five year bonds trade up 50 cents on Friday as an improved credit profile allows the bank to buy back covered bonds using senior unsecured debt.

Indonesian telecommunication tower company Solusi Tunas Pratama has opened the dollar portion of a $350m-equivalent multi-currency loan to retail lenders.

Cofco Meat Holdings has launched an up to HK$2.59bn ($333m) listing in Hong Kong after wooing three investors as cornerstones.

ZTO Express has revealed the terms for its upcoming $1.3bn US IPO, which will be the largest listing in the country by a Chinese firm since Alibaba Group Holdings' $25bn float in 2014.