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  • UBS may launch a mortgage-backed security for the Bank of East Asia as early as today, in the first securitisation to be launched from Hong Kong since currency turmoil hit the special administrative region. If the deal proceeds as planned it will also be the first Hong Kong residential mortgage securitisation this year to be sold without the benefit of a wrap from a monoline insurer.
  • BANKERS IN Indonesia say that it is increasingly likely that the government will float its largest palm oil plantation, PT Perkebunan 4 (PT P4), after Indonesia's presidential election in March. Other state owned companies such as tollroad operator Jasa Marga and Krakstau Steel have previously been strongly tipped to head Indonesia's privatisation list.
  • Institutional investors eager for a new asset class snapped up the first securitisation of Japanese earthquake risk, issued by Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co. Joint lead managers Goldman Sachs and Swiss Re New Markets sold $100m of 10 year floating rate notes in a global 144A private placement. Investors' principal is forfeited if an earthquake of a certain magnitude occurs in the Tokyo area.
  • The Banco Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) built on the success of its innovative Libor/T-Bill pass-through note with the launch this week of a second transaction via ING Barings. Completed on a private placement basis, the bank raised a further $250m via a two year issue with a modified structure reducing foreign exchange rate risk.
  • DEPRESSED sentiment in Hong Kong's primary market continued to be keenly felt this week, with a $101m IPO for Lai Fung Holdings scraping home and marketing for the flotation of China's third window company reported to be going slowly. The 280m share offering by Lai Fung Holdings, the Chinese property arm of Lai Sun Development, was priced last Friday by lead manager Crédit Lyonnais at the very bottom of its HK$2.80 to HK$3 indicative range.
  • Roadshows will begin on Monday for a $50m to $70m credit enhanced convertible from Lite On Technology, which is shaping up to be the last issue of the year from Taiwan. The deal is to be led by Citicorp, which is also syndicating the letter of credit backed by the Aa2 rating of its Taipei office. Pricing is scheduled for Thursday, after the close of presentations in London.
  • * HSBC Investment Bank (HSBCIB) believes it has moved one step closer to its long held desire of creating an internationally integrated world class operation with a restructuring of its equities business in Asia. Following resignations in the past two weeks by HSBC James Capel Asia head Philip Gray and his deputy Andy Wilmer, the bank is to bring its origination, syndication and sales activities under one simplified reporting line.
  • * Deutsche Morgan Grenfell's securitisations of equipment leases for Asian Banking Corp and Hyundai International Merchant Bank are waiting for rating agencies to complete their assessment. CapMAC wraps are in place, but pricing may be affected by Korea's plunging sovereign rating. Standard & Poor's this week cut the country's rating from A+ to A-.
  • HSBC Markets netted a second Hong Kong dollar FRN in a week with the launch yesterday (Thursday) of a debut transaction by the Council of Europe. As with the bank's groundbreaking HK$1bn FRN for the International Finance Corp (IFC) last Friday, the new HK$1bn two year deal was designed to maximise differentials between overnight and short term rates in Hong Kong's pressurised financial markets.
  • INDONESIA'S largest brokerage, PT Makindo Tbk, priced its 377m IPO near the bottom of its indicated price range on Tuesday. Bankers in the region have doubted the wisdom of bringing the deal to the market given Indonesia's tumbling stockmarket - down more than 60% in dollar terms - leaving many to wonder why Makindo and lead manager Deutsche Morgan Grenfell are pressing ahead with the deal.
  • * Merrill Lynch brought the year's second MBS from Merrill Lynch Capital Corp this week in a $308m sell out deal. MLCC Mortgage Investors Inc 1997-B offered a single tranche of notes paying 28bp over one month Libor on a triple-A rating from Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
  • The prospect of a first Indian company achieving a listing on Nasdaq has moved a step closer, with one of the subcontinent's most respected software developers, Infosys Technology, soliciting final bids from investment banks last week. Officials told Euroweek that, although a final decision has yet to be taken on whether to proceed with the plan, the company is keen to move forward and envisages a $50m to $75m ADR offering within six to eight months.