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The dollar corporate bond market skipped the summer slowdown this year. This week Royalty Pharma issued its first bond as a public company and pushed August's total issuance above $100bn for the first time ever.

Companies piled into the bond market with hybrid capital issues this week to raise €4.95bn between them, as syndicate bankers say that they are encouraging as many borrowers as possible to consider pushing out higher risk trades before raising senior debt.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng raised $1.5bn this week, after increasing the size of its US listing and pricing it above the marketed range.

Investors piled into European corporate hybrids again on Tuesday, with Belgian chemical firm Solvay and Austrian oil company OMV out with well received trades.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng has hit the road with its $1.1bn New York Stock Exchange IPO. It is the latest in a building pipeline of US listings by Mainland-based companies that are undeterred by rising tensions between the two countries.

US food and commodities firm Archer-Daniels-Midland Co has tapped the equity capital markets for the first time in more than a decade, using a concurrent block of Wilmar International shares and an exchangeable bond — with the same underlying stock — to raise $850m. Jonathan Breen reports.

Chinese biotechnology start-up HBM Holdings has filed for approval to float on Hong Kong’s stock exchange.

Investment grade corporate funds are swimming against the tide of other assets and seeing a steady stream of money flowing in, as European syndicate bankers say that this will lead to excellent conditions when deal flow starts again after the summer break.

India's placements market is heating up, with new issuers set to raise fresh equity.

ICICI Bank has closed its up to Rp150bn ($2bn) qualified institutional placement, according to a source close to the deal.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng is aiming to raise up to $100m from a listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Investors threw their weight behind Housing Development Finance Corp's Rp140bn ($1.87bn) fundraising this week.