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Syndication is under way for a A$500m ($380m) five year facility to support Philippine consumer food and beverage company Universal Robina Corp’s acquisition of Snack Brands Australia.

China Great Wall International Holdings III and Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co are preparing to hit the road for their respective senior unsecured dollar offerings.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) executed yet another blockbuster $2.5bn trade on Thursday just a few months after printing a deal of the same size. Korea's first four-tranche trade drew a strong response from the market, allowing the policy bank to price inside its existing curve.

A $3.5bn dual-tranche borrowing to back Tencent Holdings' acquisition of a stake in mobile gaming company Supercell, has been allocated. Three Chinese mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners held on to 60% of the loan at the end of general syndication.

Australia sold its largest ever bond in its longest ever maturity on Wednesday. Overseas investors swarmed towards the sovereign’s high yielding offer.

A diverse group of issuers forged ahead with their respective fundraisings on Thursday, seeking everything from dollars to Singapore dollars and green debt.

Trafigura’s latest Asian-focused loan syndication has grown in syndication, from $1.4bn to $1.665bn, but is more skewed to shorter maturities and dollar funding than the deal it replaces.

There has never been a better time to be an FX banker in Asia as the region captures a bigger share of global activity driven by the rise of the renminbi and increased capital flows to and from the continent. Technology is also playing a bigger role but the best franchises from Asiamoney’s FX Poll 2016 combine that with top notch advisory, and geographical and product clout. Lorraine Cushnie reports.

Books were nearly $2bn for the UAE's Union National Bank’s return to the markets on Wednesday With issuance from UAE banks limited thus far, the 20bp-25bp starting premium offered good value, according to one EM banker.

Union National Bank (UNB) has announced plans to return to the dollar bond market after an absence of nearly two years.

ANZ pulled in the lowest coupon for a 10 year senior bond since the financial crisis on Thursday, as it joined BPCE and NIBC in a FIG market buoyed by the Federal Reserve’s decision to leave rates unchanged.

Standard Chartered has given Kaustubh Kulkarni responsibility for Indian rupee bond syndicate, as the bank seeks fresh opportunities in local currency debt.