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LexinFintech, a Chinese online consumer lender, has shrunk the size of a mooted Nasdaq IPO to $132m from its original target of around $500m, after regulatory changes in China put the sector in a negative light.

Shares in Adnoc Distribution, the chain of petrol stations and shops in the United Arab Emirates that has floated on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, traded up 6% on their first day today, boding well for future Gulf privatisations.

State-owned Indian lender Punjab National Bank has wrapped up a Rp50bn ($775m) capital raise through a qualified institutional placement (QIP), according to a banker on the deal.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co attracted good international participation to the $850m IPO of Adnoc Distribution, its chain of petrol stations and shops in the United Arab Emirates, which was priced on Friday.

The year's total issuance of triple-C rated bonds in the European high yield market jumped from €4bn to more than €6bn this week. Many believe this could be the last week to bring new deals in 2017.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, the Abu Dhabi state-owned oil company, is set to price the initial public offering of its distribution arm on Friday, in a deal worth Dh3.125bn ($851m), after revising guidance to the lower half of the range.

Deutsche Post DHL Group secured excellent terms on Wednesday when it issued a €1bn convertible bond at a negative yield, despite investors having been distracted by a collapse in the share and bond prices of equity-linked regular Steinhoff International on the same day.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sold a dual-tranche floating rate transaction on Wednesday, getting significant interest from western accounts as it used its London arm as the issuing vehicle.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China opened books for a dual-tranche floating rate dollar bond on Wednesday, to be sold through its London branch.

Deutsche Bank’s Sunil Khaitan is joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch to lead its capital markets team in India, according to a source familiar with the matter.

EN+ Group, the Russian power and metals company controlled by Oleg Deripaska, rose more than 2% in Moscow trading on Monday morning after posting its first results since its $1.5bn IPO in early November.

Greece was able to exchange more than €25bn of old bonds for new assets in an exercise designed to normalise the borrower’s curve. The offer ended on Tuesday, in the midst of discussions about the conditions that will be attached to Greece’s next tranche of emergency loans. The fresh curve should allow the borrower to return to capital markets twice in 2018.