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CK Hutchison Holdings is making a rapid return to the dollar market, collecting bids for a subordinated perpetual bond on Tuesday, its first hybrid outing after a 2015 restructuring.

Hospital operator Ameos has scheduled a bank meeting for Wednesday morning for a €510m loan refinancing, as banks scramble for deals.

Books for Bright Scholar Education Holdings’ $150m IPO in the US were covered as of Monday, according to bankers arranging the deal.

Inmobiliaria Colonial, the Spanish property company, successfully raised €253m on Thursday night in a 10% capital increase to finance new investments, capping a busy week for block trades.

Cobham, the UK aerospace and marine technology company, has finished its second rights issue in 12 months, after the leads completed a small rump placement.

The UK Debt Management Office has picked the lead managers for the first syndication of its 2017-18 financial year, which it has scheduled for the week beginning May 15.

A HK$28bn ($3.6bn) financing to support the take private of Hong Kong-listed footwear company Belle International Holdings is open for participation at the sub-underwriter level.

The Belgian government sold the first chunk of its stake in BNP Paribas for €2bn through a structured trade that began on Wednesday night. The four bookrunners priced the trade aggressively and were left long of some stock, but luck has been with them so far, write Jon Hay and Aidan Gregory. They will be praying their fortune holds and Emmanuel Macron wins the second round of the French presidential election on Sunday.

The IPO of VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction and property development company owned by the Wessels family, achieved coverage on its full deal size by Wednesday morning, two working days into the bookbuild.

Three public sector borrowers hit screens in sterling this week, including a rare floating rate note from the Province of Ontario, which made use of the currency for the first time in six years.

Bookbuilding for IRB InvIT Fund’s Rp46.5bn ($727.4m) IPO is having a slow start despite the hype surrounding India’s first infrastructure investment trust.

Telia, the Nordic telecoms group, came to market on Wednesday night with a large block trade in Turkcell, the Turkish firm in which it owned 38% directly and indirectly.