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CDB Leasing Co, an arm of China Development Bank, is planning to raise around $1bn via a Hong Kong IPO in the first half of 2016, with three banks expected to lead the transaction.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp is looking to price a landmark transaction for Japan, opening books for the first US dollar-denominated green bond from the country.

A blowout 30 year euro trade from the European Stability Mechanism on Tuesday prompted a flurry of longer dated euro offerings from SSA borrowers this week but issuance has been busy across the euro curve.

Japanese names have stolen the show this week, with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB) raising $1.25bn from a US-driven bond, to be quickly followed by Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance opening books for its second dollar outing of the year.

Mizuho Financial Group has returned to the dollar bond market with a bank capital trade that priced alongside a triple-tranche senior offering. Despite launching on a day crowded with other transactions, the issuer’s safe haven status allowed it to find success.

Worldpay, the UK payment processing company, floated for £2.16bn on Tuesday, in the largest initial public offering in London since Glencore’s in 2011, and the fifth largest in Europe since the financial crisis.

The European Stability Mechanism blasted open the long end of the curve on Tuesday with its longest bond to date. The 30 year stormer has prompted several other issuers to explore maturities of 10 years and above.

The euro FIG market may lose the business of some US banks in the looming results reporting season, because it can’t compete with the depth of demand on offer in dollars.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has lost a member of its equity capital markets team in Hong Kong.

Mizuho Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB) are out in the dollar bond market, releasing guidance for their respective offerings on Tuesday.

Sorgente Res, the real estate group, has pulled its planned Milan listing, having been dissatisfied with “the quantity and quality of the demand”.

Garanti has taken the first step to refinance its second loan of the year, with tranches of up to $1.5bn and €1.5bn.