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  • MERRILL LYNCH issued its first Samurai bond in four years this week through a ¥75bn two and three year tranche bond. Rival Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is set to follow today (Friday). The deal consisted of a ¥10bn, two year tranche, which was placed to some market criticism, although the major ¥65bn three year tranche was well received, and was increased from ¥40bn.
  • PREMARKETING of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) IPO will begin next week and then follow the standard issue timetable for Hong Kong transactions. The government privatisation issue is likely to raise about HK10bn. Bankers in Hong Kong point out that the government wants a widespread retail distribution as well as solid institutional support. Retail investors took up 70% of the Tracker Fund disposal last year.
  • Hong Kong Chase Manhattan Bank has won the mandate to arrange a HK$3.3bn financing for the planned Walt Disney theme park in Hong Kong.
  • THE AUSTRALIAN debt pipeline this week showed signs of strong activity for the coming months as three corporates announced new issuance plans. Recently demutualised NRMA Insurance Group said it would establish its second debt issuance programme for A$1.5bn. Meanwhile energy company TXU Australia released details of a A$1.5bn transaction and GPU GasNet signed a debt issuance programme for A$750m.
  • A plethora of major issues could emerge from China's top corporates this quarter, led by China Petrochemical Corp through Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. China Petrochemical, also known as Sinopec, is the country's second largest oil company and will come to the market before China's largest oil producer CNOOC, which will probably emerge in the first quarter of 2001.
  • Australian mortgage lender Members' Equity returned to the domestic market this week with an A$346m MBS issue from its Superannuation Members' Home Loans programme. It was lead managed by Credit Suisse First Boston. SMHL Ltd Securitisation Fund No 9 is the issuer's ninth domestic MBS, and follows its international debut through CSFB in mid-June with a $705m Euro/144A deal.
  • THE VODAFONE Pacific board of directors met on Monday and the possible reinvigoration of the company's IPO was again on the agenda. The company and parent Vodafone Airtouch have a tough job to decide whether to brave the markets again. If they proceed, the issue will be the next significant transaction from Australia in a year that has been notable by the absence of large issues, aside from NRMA.
  • India Satyam Computer Services plans an American Depository Receipt (ADR) issue in October. Merrill Lynch has the mandate. The company has government approval to raise up to $400m. Satyam Computer is a majority stakeholder in internet service provider Satyam Infoway, the second Indian company to list on Nasdaq.
  • BANKERS in Hong Kong are busy working with a raft of Taiwan issuers due to tap the market in the coming months. The Taiwan stockmarket has been a disappointing performer in recent months, but bankers are keenly competing for the privatisation mandate for Chunghwa Telecom, the largest and most prestigious deal from the government sector.