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Fixed income investors have plenty supply to choose from out of Asia with seven issuers venturing out on Thursday. Corporates joining the fray included property companies Shokai Group and Golden Wheel as well as Guangxi LGFV and Hong Kong’s Li & Fung.

Informa, the UK events and publishing company, has completed its £715m rights issue, which it launched in September to partly finance its £1.2bn takeover of Penton, a US competitor.

US pharma giant Merck reached for a long tenor on Wednesday, in the process reopening the market for ultra-long trades as it issued a 20 year tranche.

The public sector market is making the most of what may be the year’s last attractive opportunity for benchmark issuance ahead of a risk laden November.

Austria was richly rewarded for taking a leap into the unknown on Tuesday, as it took orders of over €7bn for the longest dated syndication ever from a core eurozone sovereign. KommuneKredit also broke its tenor record in euros, while the European Financial Stability Facility hired banks for a tap of a bond that looks short end by comparison.

Spain’s real estate investment trust Merlin Properties on Tuesday sold its second issue in a market where most eyes turned to Danone’s €6.2bn jumbo deal.

Corporate bond investors had it well flagged to them that French dairy goods producer Danone would bring its jumbo five tranche offering this week, but it sparked excitement all the same when it arrived.

Indonesian property developer Lippo Karawaci excited investors on Monday with its roll out of a longer tenor, high yield bond.

Australia and New Zealand Bank has mandated leads for a European roadshow with a view to issuing a euro denominated covered bond or a senior unsecured benchmark, or both. DG Hyp has mandated leads for a long eight year Pfandbrief.

Enterprise Inn, the UK pub group, on Monday began marketing a new sterling refinancing offering amid growing instability in the market after Daisy, the UK telecom services supplier, pulled its deal last Friday.

Beijing Capital Development Holdings (Group) Co,also known as Shokai Group, is preparing for a dollar-denominated bond.

Indonesian property developer Lippo Karawaci is continuing its efforts to push out its debt maturity profile with a new 10 non call five bond.