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Korea Expressway Corp made up for its recent disappointment in dollars with a tightly priced Swiss franc debut on Tuesday.

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) tapped the Swiss franc market for the second time in less than two weeks on Wednesday with a Sfr115m ($120m) long eight year.

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Heavyweight borrowers Citigroup and Westpac Banking Corp printed deals tailored to capture investor preference for short-dated paper in the US market this week.

Geberit, the Swiss bathroom fittings maker, has allocated its Sfr1.29bn (€1.07bn) loan for the purchase of Sanitec, a Finnish competitor. Five Swiss and five foreign banks are in the deal.

A veteran primary markets banker has returned to the market after a 20 month hiatus to co-head EMEA corporate debt capital markets at UBS.

Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp’s blue chip reputation helped it net Ps12.35bn ($275m) in a hotly-received top-up placement on November 19, leading to the final offer being increased from an initial Ps8.98bn.

A merger between CitySpring Infrastructure Trust and Keppel Infrastructure Trust to create Singapore’s largest infrastructure business trust will see the combined entity raising some S$525m ($404.57m) from the equity market. The funds will be used to buy a 51% stake in a power plant for S$510m cash.

Management roadshows have started this week for the Indian government’s divestment of a 5% stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), expected to fetch around Rp169.50bn ($2.75bn) based on its market capitalisation.

Publicis Groupe's $3.5bn loan for its acquisition of Sapient, the marketing and consulting company, is near closing, according to a banker working on the deal. A syndicate of relationship banks has been invited.

Russia's Uralsib Bank is roadshowing a tier two bond via JP Morgan and UBS, according to a source close to the deal. Meetings for the deal take place on Wednesday and Thursday this week in London and Switzerland.

Shanghai Huayi Company, is due to kick off three-day investor meetings this week in Asia and Europe for its inaugural dollar bond issue. It joins the growing list of provincial SOEs that coming to the offshore debt market.