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Panama’s Global Bank Corp has upped the size of its Asia targeted syndicated loan to $135.5m from $104m.

The popularity of China’s marquee technology firms is showing no signs of abating, with both Tencent Holdings and Baidu increasing the size of their borrowings following bumper responses.

Panama-based Bladex became the second Latin American issuer to hit the increasingly popular Tokyo Pro-Bond market, whose flexibility is making access to yen easier for issuers.

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has wrapped up a landmark $8.9bn sell-down in Alibaba Group Holdings through a combination of five separate transactions, including raising $5.5bn via the sale of mandatory exchangeable trust securities (METS). The size of the METS is impressive, making it the largest equity-linked deal globally since 2010, but it also came with a structure almost never seen before in Asia. Jonathan Breen reports.

Indonesia's Mitra Pinasthika Mustika Finance has launched the retail phase of a $100m borrowing, in what is the company's second outing in the syndicated loan market.

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has blown open the equity-linked market with the launch of a $5bn bond exchangeable into shares of Alibaba Group Holdings, part of a planned $7.9bn sell-down in the e-commerce giant’s stock.

A $725m loan for Indonesia Eximbank has hit general syndication, two months after the borrower picked the mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

China Development Bank (CDB) has raised $1.67bn equivalent from a dual-currency, triple-tranche offering, receiving strong support from Chinese banks and offshore investors.

China Development Bank has opened books for a dual-currency, triple-tranche offering, four months after the policy bank raised around $2bn from a similarly structured trade.

China Development Bank has mandated leads to work on a dual-currency offering, while the Republic of Indonesia is set for a roadshow ahead of new euro-denominated notes.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse are supporting Bayer’s $62bn bid for American agribusiness giant Monsanto and more banks are working on a loan for the deal, according to two bankers.

Mitra Pinasthika Mustika Finance is poised to launch a $100m borrowing into syndication next week, with the Indonesian firm having mandated a trio of banks to arrange the deal.