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Philippine consumer food and beverage company Universal Robina Corp’s NZ$742m ($537.57m) loan has been allocated, with 10 banks joining the syndication. The loan, which is for the company’s acquisition of New Zealand’s Griffin's Foods, received a good response thanks to the lack of top tier offshore deals out of the Philippines.

The European high yield market on Tuesday keenly accepted the first triple-C rated deals of the year: a buyout financing bond from Swiss carton maker SIG Combibloc and a refinancing issue for Norske Skog, the paper company.

Air Products and Chemicals priced a €300m 10 year bond on Tuesday - its fourth visit to the euro market, and in a familiar format.

Air Products and Chemicals, the US gases and chemicals producer, held an investor call today for a possible euro bond issue.

United Asia Finance (UAF) has closed its latest fundraising at a higher than launch size of HK$2.859bn ($368.8m). With most Hong Kong blue chips going for the club or self arranged route, the deal stood out, offering banks to join in retail syndication.

Philippine consumer food and beverage company Universal Robina Corp’s NZ$742m ($537.57m) loan has been allocated, with ten banks joining the syndication. The loan, which is for the company’s acquisition of New Zealand’s Griffin's Foods, received a good response thanks to the lack of top tier offshore deals out of the Phillipines.

Teollisuuden Voima, the Finnish nuclear power company, priced a €500m 10 year bond on Thursday, as it brought forward its funding plans to take advantage of a European bond market energised by the prospect of quantitative easing.

Having established itself as a player in European DCM, the bank has bigger ambitions in fixed income and beyond, writes David Rothnie.

Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo II) surprised loans bankers this week with its decision to limit a $1bn borrowing to just over half that amount, causing the cancellation of general syndication. This was just the latest twist for a loan that has been anything but straightforward, though the outcome is unlikely to hurt the borrower in the long run.

Chinese consumer electronics appliance maker Haier International has allocated its three year facility at a larger-than-launch size of $360m. The borrower’s relationship banks came in with big tickets, encouraged by the company's growth potential and leading position in China.

In the latest twist in the saga of port services provider Pelabuhan Indonesia II’s $1bn loan, the borrower has decided to scrap general syndication and limit the deal to $550m which had already been prefunded by the seven banks leading the transaction.

Taiwanese computer casings maker Casetek’s $300m three year financing has attracted five banks in syndication.