daiwa securities

The company, Japan's second-largest private-sector life insurer, will use the proceeds to fund its acquistion of US company Protective Insurance Company.

JAL fixes the price at the top of the range before its re-listing in Tokyo which is poised to become the world’s second-biggest offering so far in 2012.

The airline plans to re-list its shares next month, less than three years after its bankruptcy in 2010.

The firm hopes Chang-Lok Kim, who has decades of experience serving the South Korean government within various financial sectors, will bring about significant development for its Asian business.

The Thai gas company achieves significant market diversification by placing 70% of its paper in the Japanese domestic market.