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Softbank, the Japanese technology and telecoms group, has taken a ¥1tr ($9.5bn) loan for its £24bn acquisition of Arm Holdings, the UK firm which designs mobile phone chips. The loan could be syndicated to non-Japanese banks if the refinancing strategy requires it, said one senior banker.

With its $15bn of new bonds ratcheting tighter, Israeli-American pharmaceutical company Teva has set out the structure of the euro part of its M&A bond financing for the acquisition of Allergan's generic drugs business.

Lead managers on the bond for Kazakhstani crude oil company Tengizchevroil (TCO) on Tuesday confirmed that the deal would be a $1bn 10 year note.

Mizuho Americas has hired Thomas Harnett as senior managing director and head of fixed income sales and trading.

Teva, the Israeli-American pharmaceutical company, has begun the dollar portion of a multi-tranche bond financing of its acquisition of Allergan's generic drugs business, with euro tranches due to follow soon.

Lifestyle International Holdings, which operates the well-known Sogo department stores, is set to allocate a HK$8bn ($1bn) fundraising shortly.

Swedish car safety specialist Autoliv has refinanced a $1.1bn revolving credit facility, with two banks leaving and two joining the syndicate. Deals in the region have seen rival lenders increase their share of bookrunning volumes this year.

Two Ardian owned firms joined several others in the market late this week — leaving levloan participants incredulous at the market's strength in the wake of the Brexit vote.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has started a series of investor calls and meetings to market a triple currency bond that is expected to be one of the largest new issues of the year.

Pricing details have emerged on a five year fundraising by Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina.

Mexican state owned oil company Pemex is expecting to price a 10 year Samurai bond on Friday morning Japan-time in what would be its first yen-denominated deal since 2008.

A $725m loan for Indonesia Eximbank that hit general syndication at the end of May has attracted commitments from 24 lenders.