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Sebia, the French medical diagnostics firm, has tightened pricing on the first lien of its €709m-equivalent acquisition loan in response strong demand from lenders.

Yue Xiu Enterprises has made its debut in the equity-linked market with a $200m exchangeable bond, in a deal that saw a solid bookbuilding process with outrights flooding in to the transaction.

Nomura has made high level changes to its Asia ECM syndicate team, moving head of Asia ex Japan equity syndicate Seamus Hanly to London according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

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China Unicom, which was the first Chinese borrower from the telco sector to access the dim sum market, has returned to the offshore RMB market. The borrower priced a two year offering on July 17.

Mexico issued its first Samurai bond without the assistance of the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) in 14 years on Tuesday, breaking pricing and maturity records.

The levloan market heralded the return of television content producers this week as Endemol set guidance on its €1.35bn refinancing loan and Liberty Global announced its intention to raise loans backing its latest acquisition.

Agencies are firmly in vogue with Japanese investors, with Samurai volume having its best start to a year since 2008 and retail buyers snapping up Uridashi this week.

Dutch television programme producer Endemol has announced guidance on the pricing and currency denomination of tranches in its €1.35bn refinancing loan.

A group of eight banks is expected to lead Shanda Games’ leveraged buyout loan of between $750m and $850m, which will help fund the company's going-private plans.

Petrofac FPSO Holding is in the market for a $225m loan with a six year tenor that has been launched into limited syndication.

Mexico has broken new ground in the Samurai market after it priced a triple-tranche deal on Tuesday which did away with the need for involvement from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) and included a 20 year slice — a first for a Latin American borrower in yen.