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BBVA's Colombia subsidiary could issue as soon as Thursday after completing meetings with investors on Wednesday ahead of a planned subordinated tier two bond.

Empresa Eléctrica Guacolda is looking to become the latest Chilean power company to tap international bond investors for funds and will start a roadshow next week ahead of a potential senior unsecured deal.

Integrated natural gas company China Gas found robust demand for its $150m loan backed by the International Finance Corp. The loan was strongly oversubscribed and has been allocated among 17 lenders.

China’s Legend Holdings has filed its much-awaited draft prospectus for an IPO worth $2bn-$3bn, as the Lenovo owner eyes a June listing.

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is wasting no time with its latest dollar bond, launching a five year trade on April 16 just one day after the official mandate of the deal was announced.

Hong Kong will preserve its first mover advantage as an RMB hub on the back of its liquidity and proximity to China, but product development will be its key challenge, industry experts say.

Chinese department store operator Golden Eagle International Trading, which launched a $500m three year bullet into general earlier this month, has signed a facility agreement for a bigger loan with 12 lenders.

A busy Asian primary bond market has just stepped up a gear with China Cinda Asset Management launching a jumbo dual-tranche offering on April 16.

Investors are tailoring their options strategies to focus on hedging global macro risks and identifying single stock options in lieu of larger market options baskets.

The strong dollar is giving banks rising counterparty exposure to export-heavy European companies that they need to hedge in the credit default swap market, pushing spreads for those firms wider, writes Dan Alderson.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched the fourth block trade in Deutsche Annington stock tonight, selling a 6.6% stake for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Labco, the French medical diagnostics firm, published its intention to float in Paris on Wednesday and began investor education for an IPO that could be as large as €640m.