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The Korean lender's $250 million offering draws more than $2.3 billion of orders, highlighting ongoing search for yields.

ICBC Asia, the offshore subsidiary of China's largest bank, sells $1bn alternative tier one bond, becoming the first Asian lender to issue a dollar bond in the format this year.

China’s second largest bank prices a $2b tier-2 bond, the nation’s first Basel III-compliant note in six months.

Agricultural Bank of China completes the second part of a total Rmb80 billion capital-raising exercise; ICBC is expected to be next as banks beef up their balance sheets.

Explosion in Basel III-compliant instruments expected to continue, especially in local currencies.

China’s biggest lender sells $5.7 billion of offshore Additional tier-1 notes in three different currencies, obtaining a staggering $28 billion total order book.

Lender raises the largest ever dollar-denominated bank capital offering, building up capital cushions to counter China’s mounting bad debt problem.

The $1.2 billion Tier 2 offering will set the benchmark for other Chinese banks to tap international markets for funds, boosting capital buffers as asset quality weakens.

The Hong Kong bank's Additional Tier 1 bond was 16x oversubscribed, but credit risk may rise due to recent takeover.