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Chilean government-owned copper miner Codelco raised $2bn of 10 year notes on Wednesday in a deal that provoked debate about the size of the new issue premium but was unanimously considered a positive for the LatAm market.

Standard & Poor’s put the Brazilian sovereign into sub-investment grade territory late on Wednesday in a move that came sooner than most had expected but had already been accepted as inevitable.

Hong Kong-based UMP Healthcare Holdings is seeking an IPO in the city, with the firm lodging a listing application with the stock exchange via sole sponsor JP Morgan.

Polish state owned power company Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) has picked banks for a benchmark euro transaction.

Barclays looked away from euros on Friday as the bank priced a Samurai deal that made it the first bank to print yen denominated senior debt from the holdco level.

Korea Development Bank (KDB) staged a successful return to the international debt market on September 9, selling an SEC registered 10 year trade. The policy bank’s success is expected to encourage more Korean names to follow suit, but bankers are not necessarily expecting a rush of issuance.

Axis Bank has begun sounding out lenders for a $274m loan related to Indian pharmaceutical firm Strides Arcolab's recent acquisition in Australia.

Auto finance companies are taking the Chinese ABS market by storm this year with SAIC-GMAC adding to the surging volumes with a Rmb3bn ($471m) transaction this week. Even though pricing came just slightly above the middle of guidance, bankers on the trade said it was a level the company was more than happy to take.

Philippines’ Petron Corp, which recently amended covenants on a 2014 borrowing, has hit the market for a $550m refinancing that was funded in July.

Tractel, the French maker of lifting machines being bought by Cinven, held a bank meeting on Wednesday morning, to present to potential investors the terms of its new €235m all senior loan package.

The Japanese equities market is set for a huge bump in IPO volumes following the announcement that the ¥1.39tr ($11.5bn) triple listings of Japan Post will launch in October.

Ghana’s Cocobod, Stanbic Kenya and Stanbic Zambia will all sign syndicated loans next week, according to bankers on the deals.