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Philippine property developer DM Wenceslao and Associates started gauging investor appetite for its $150m-$200m IPO on November 13 as it gears up to become the biggest listing in the country this year.

Asia’s nascent covered bond market welcomed Korea Housing Finance Corp’s first transaction in more than two years on November 12. Thanks to strong support from US and European investors, books built strongly and allowed the issuer to price inside its fair value.

Zhuhai Huafa Group completed Asia’s first offshore renminbi denominated bond in close to a month, raising Rmb1.5bn ($235m) with a three year offering on November 18.

Videocon Hydrocarbon, which has activities in upstream oil and gas, is tapping the loan market for a $75m three year refinancing. An aggressive margin cut compared with the loan the company is refinancing has caught the eye of bankers, especially when its sector and the financial health of its parent is taken into account. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.

Stanbic IBTC, the subsidiary of Standard Bank also known as Stanbic Nigeria, signed its debut syndicated loan on Wednesday with a mostly Middle Eastern syndicate.

BNP Paribas moved beyond its capital raising plan for 2015 on Thursday as it launched its third tier two transaction of the year, bringing it close to fair value.

Avago Technologies, the US semiconductor components maker, has increased the €500m tranche of its term loan ‘B’ to €900m on strong demand, another sign of the European leveraged loan market's competitiveness at the moment.

UBS is planning to swap senior members of its China onshore and offshore teams as it looks to further strengthen its mainland business, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Renaissance Securities is offering to buy back what remains outstanding of Renaissance Credit’s 7.75% 2016 bonds.

South Korean automaker Kia Motors is looking to make a comeback to the international bond market, having mandated two banks.

Asia’s primary debt market is set for a busy end to the month with another four issuers - Citic Envirotech, Korean Air Lines, Powerlong Real Estate Holdings and China Construction Bank Asia all looking to attract international investors with deals of their own on Thursday.

Bank of East Asia (BEA) has set the minimum coupon of its upcoming additional tier one issue at 5.5%, according to an announcement by the Hong Kong lender on November 18.