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SINGAPOREAN property developer Far East Organization raised S$136m ($77m) this week with a bond issue that comes closer to securitisation than any previous deal from the island state. The bond was part of a S$162m package arranged by Citicorp, and secured on the Leonie Condotel, a luxury service apartment block in the heart of Singapore's shopping district. A S$26m floating rate loan from Citicorp made up the balance.

BANKERS continue to hope that the sale of a stake in Indonesian cement producer Semen Gresik can proceed -- and with it the country's privatisation process -- despite the government pulling out of a majority stake sale due to domestic political pressure. A lower stake of 14% is now being offered and the previous bidder, Cemex of Mexico, is thought to remain interested.

WARBURG Dillon Read continued its successful run of recent placements in the Australian market this week with an 11.7% sale of the Lowy family's stake in Westfield Holdings. Bankers said the stock "sold like hotcakes" given its relative unavailability in the free market. A total of A$312m was raised by the sale, which reduced the family's stake to around 32% from 43%. A company statement declared a long term target of a 30% stake and said the money raised had been placed with external fund managers in order to diversify investments.

Australia Difficult conditions in the international bond markets have delayed plans for a possible Asian Development Bank Kangaroo bond, according to bankers. Since pre-marketing began spreads have widened, reflecting turmoil in Russia.

ASIAN spreads continued to widen this week as emerging markets worldwide felt the wrath of investors following Russia's devaluation and default. The further movement led some bankers to speculate the Republic of the Philippines may postpone its $500m deal and some said there may be no further issuance from the region this year.

China Wujiang Silk intends to issue Rmb200m worth of convertible bonds. The five year bonds will be convertible into A shares once the company lists on the Shenzhen exchange. They will carry a coupon of 1% in the first year rising by 0.2% each year until maturity.

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Patrick Crawford has been appointed global head of project and export finance within Deutsche Bank's structured finance division. Crawford was previously Deutsche Bank's North American head of project and export finance and recently has been acting global head of project and export finance. He will continue to also head the bank's North American project and export finance business.

ARRANGERS of the high profile £2.4bn facility for PowerGen Finance -- Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and HSBC -- have closed the sub-underwriting phase after a strong performance in the market. Some 19 out of the 22 invited banks came into the deal -- a good result considering the loan was out to banks during a typically quiet August.

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SHELL-SHOCKED issuers, investors and investment bankers were left yearning for a return to stability after seven days of almost unprecedented turmoil in the world's financial markets threatened the usual September rush to issue across all sectors.

SHELL-SHOCKED issuers, investors and investment bankers were left yearning for a return to stability after seven days of almost unprecedented turmoil in the world's financial markets threatened the usual September rush to issue across all sectors.