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Advent International and Bain Capital this week completed their second block trade of shares in Worldpay, the UK payment services provider, since its IPO in October last year, raising £987m via an accelerated bookbuild.

China South City Holdings (CSC) raked in $200m from its Tuesday bond outing in what was a busy day of issuance in Asia’s primary debt market. The competition took a toll on the deal, as demand for the high yield property name was lacklustre.

A trio of public sector borrowers are set to spray the short end of the dollar curve with deals on Wednesday, including one making its first visit in over two years, as markets priced in an ever decreasing chance of a rate rise at the next US Federal Open Market Committee meeting later this month.

Bayer and Monsanto have moved a step closer to agreeing a multi-billion dollar merger as Bayer confirmed that the two are in advanced discussions. A takeover would include the largest loan of the year of about $65bn.

Takeaway.com, the Dutch fast food delivery company, is pressing ahead with its IPO on the Amsterdam stock exchange, having filed an intention to float document on Tuesday morning.

Indiabulls Housing Finance is looking to raise a minimum of Rp10bn ($150m) from its maiden Masala bond, becoming only the third Indian corporate to seek offshore rupees in the public market.

China South City Holdings (CSC) has returned to US dollars after an absence of close to three years.

American International Group stirred up the equity market over the weekend, offloading its remaining stake in China’s PICC Property and Casualty Co through a HK$1.5bn ($193.4m) block.

Segro, the UK property developer, has raised £324m through an accelerated bookbuild it launched on Friday morning after saying that the Brexit vote had not affected its operational performance.

Postal Savings Bank of China has tacked on some 20 bookrunners to the syndicate group for its long awaited $8bn IPO in Hong Kong, which is set to begin pre-deal investor education on Monday.

Two Hong Kong-based loans bankers from Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Asia Pacific debt solutions team have left the firm.

L&T Technology Services’ float could raise as much as Rp9bn ($134.7m) in India, with the company setting the price range for the IPO at Rp850-Rp860 a share.