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Tencent Holdings-backed China Literature’s $600m-$800m Hong Kong IPO is off to a red-hot start as pre-deal investor education begins, with shadow indications of interest already strong after the first day.

Panamanian commercial lender Banco General is distributing a $500m loan into the Asian market, the second time it has tapped bank liquidity in the region.

Baidu-backed iQiyi, a video streaming platform in China, has selected three banks to prepare an IPO in the US, which is expected to raise $1bn-$2bn, according to a banker close to the deal.

Turkey’s fourth largest private bank Yapi Kredi signed a $1.36bn syndicated loan with 37 banks on Monday.

Crystal International Group intends to start taking orders for its $574m Hong Kong IPO on Tuesday at a valuation of up to 15 times earnings, according to bankers close to the matter.

The mandate for Reliance Industries’ $2.5bn refinancing has been revealed. The deal will consist of three portions, the bulk of which will replace a $1.5bn loan taken by one of its subsidiaries in late 2014.

Northrop Grumman and Wal-Mart printed the biggest deals in their history as event-driven dollar bond supply roared back to life following the Columbus Day holiday.

Swiss food and drinks company Nestlé extended and replaced €11bn worth of one and five year loans on Wednesday.

Empark, Vallourec and Dufry met strong demand for their new high yield bonds this week as investors opened their deep pockets.

After a successful two week investor education process, Bawag, the Austrian bank, has unveiled the terms for its IPO on the Vienna Stock Exchange, which could value it at up to €5.2bn if it is priced at the top of the range.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the German State of North Rhein-Westphalia (Land NRW) have picked banks for dollar benchmarks expected to hit the market on Wednesday.

UPC Holding, the telecoms company owned by Liberty Global, and UK car glass specialist Belron announced multi-currency term loan offerings on Tuesday.