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The Indian government is set to raise Rp4.8bn ($75.2m) through an offer for sale of Hindustan Copper's shares this week, according to an exchange filing.

Indian government-owned Cochin Shipyard has started taking orders for an IPO that could add Rp14.7bn ($229m) to the state’s coffers.

State Bank of India’s new $750m five year financing has been launched into syndication after a 10-strong bookrunner group funded the transaction.

Securities and Intelligence Services India has launched bookbuilding for a potential Rp7.8bn ($121.6m) IPO, securing over a third of the offering with anchor investors.

The Mumbai branch of HDFC Bank is looking to bag $500m from a syndicated borrowing that was launched at the end of July.

Sri Lanka has reached its target of $1bn from a three year syndicated loan that was launched at $450m, after demand poured in from Indian lenders.

Indian government-owned Cochin Shipyard is set to start bookbuilding next week for its Rp14.7bn ($228.2m) IPO.

A swathe of Indian insurers are readying IPOs that could raise some $3bn between them in the next several months, riding a resurgent FIG wave in the country. Expectations are running high that more transactions will hit screens in the second half of the year. John Loh reports.

SBI Life Insurance Co has filed a preliminary prospectus for its $900m IPO, which will see its two biggest shareholders sell down their stakes.

State Bank of India is set to sell 80m shares in SBI Life Insurance Co’s IPO, which recently got the go-ahead from the industry regulator, according to an exchange filing.

Bombay Stock Exchange-backed Central Depository Services India (CDSL) is set to bring the country’s first IPO of a securities depository, with its Rp5.2bn ($81.4m) deal launching next week.

Indian lender IndusInd Bank has rolled out its first Taiwan-targeted syndicated loan via four mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.