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Tuya, an internet-of-things cloud platform provider, is eyeing around $100m from an IPO of American depositary shares (ADS).

Non-European names hit the euro market this week with a trio of US companies and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) raising debt. But syndicate bankers say rising US rates are still way off the sweet spot that would make the euro market irresistible for all Reverse Yankee issuers.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) had a storming outing in the bond markets this week, easily raising €1bn in Europe and $8bn on the other side of the Atlantic to refinance M&A bridge debt.

Bureau Veritas, the French laboratory testing company, has amended its €600m bank line to include ESG elements, as the company is on course to breeze through its relaxed covenant restrictions at the next evaluation.

GardaWorld, the Canadian security firm, has pulled out of its hostile bid for G4S, leaving the way clear for US rival Allied Universal.

Joinn Laboratories has sealed its HK$6.54bn ($843.8m) listing at the top of the price range, tapping into Hong Kong’s IPO market as demand hits fever pitch, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Europe’s high grade bond investors showed they are still willing to swallow ultra-thin spreads this week, when Dutch leasing company LeasePlan priced a green bond well inside fair value and Deutsche Boerse won ample demand for a thinly priced €1bn deal.

The sustainability linked loan market hit two milestones this week with Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, signing the largest ever revolver in the structure, and Carlyle Group making a similar claim for the US private equity market.

WP Carey, the US REIT, has mandated for a euro bond through its Dutch subsidiary, as Europe’s syndicate bankers say that there are signs in the rates market that Reverse Yankees could become a popular choice again.

Carlyle Group has signed what it is calling the largest ESG-linked private equity credit facility in the US, as socially conscious financing continues to make inroads into the sector globally.

South Korean e-commerce firm Coupang is set for a multi-billion-dollar New York IPO — the first US listing from the country for a decade. The deal structure could appeal to other Korean start-ups, bankers said this week. Jonathan Breen reports.

Sage Group, the UK business software company, is expected to bring a 10 year sterling trade on Thursday, as syndicate bankers say the dribble of deals seen this week looks like it will be the standard for the rest of the month.