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Adani International Container Terminal Private (AICTPL), part of India's Adani Group, sold its inaugural dollar bond on Monday. It raised $300m after receiving orders worth $2.85bn.

Chinese property management firm Sino-Ocean Service Holding has scooped up HK$1.74bn ($224.5m) after pricing its IPO below the mid-point of the marketed range.

Two European banks ventured across the Atlantic this week to tap a dollar market that has remained open for business going into mid-December.

European corporate borrowers glided through their curves this week. With the European Central Bank hitting easing expectations after its meeting on Thursday, syndicate bankers are expecting more deals on screens despite the time of year.

New MENA heads at Citi and Goldman Sachs — Julia Hoggett moves from FCA to LSE — LBBW hires Sim for Asia team

Southeastern Europe's Montenegro sold a euro bond on Wednesday which bankers say, especially because of its timing, is simply another sign of emerging market issuers being enticed by the strong credit conditions on offer.

The battle for the UK security firm G4S is entering its final phase, with initial hostile suitor GardaWorld potentially upping its offer after Allied Universal said it had agreed to buy the target company for £3.8bn.

Vedanta Resources sold a $1bn bond this week, easing mounting concerns about its debt repayment abilities. The metal and mining company’s return was not easy, as it had to concede to a number of investor-friendly terms. Morgan Davis reports.

China’s Xiaopeng Motors, an electric vehicle (EV) maker, leveraged on a big boost in interest in new energy stocks from investors to raise $2.16bn from a follow-on offering of its American Depositary Shares. Jonathan Breen reports.

Chinese detergent maker Blue Moon Group has raised HK$9.8bn ($1.27bn) from its Hong Kong IPO, which saw a strong turnout from global and local investors.

UEP Penonomé, the company behind Panama’s first wind farm, turned to bond markets for the first time on Wednesday for a $262.664m senior secured amortising bond.

Aroundtown, the Luxembourg-listed real estate company, maintained the trend for negative premiums in December’s buzzing corporate bond market, but syndicate bankers say that any disappointment from the European Central Bank when it meets tomorrow could slam the issuance window shut.