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Citi has picked Elissar Farah Antonios to be its new cluster head for the Middle East and North Africa, a newly created role.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng is selling a chunk of new American Depository Shares (ADS) to fund research and development and further expansion.

Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB), the Swedish social property company, has hired banks for €1bn of new deals made up of a hybrid note and debut social bond, as risk appetite remains strong even heading into the middle of December.

Moncler, the Italian luxury jacket maker, has agreed to buy smaller domestic rival Stone Island in a €1.15bn cash and share deal, as corporate bankers expect cheap debt and Covid-19 recovery to create many M&A opportunities.

The FIG pipeline has slowed to a drip, with the upcoming ECB meeting and Brexit talks bookending what could be the last week of open windows for issuance.

Vesync, a home appliance retailer, kicked off the roadshow for its up to HK$1.55bn ($200.1m) IPO in Hong Kong on Monday, with the company's growth story during the pandemic expected to appeal to investors.

Banks bombarded the dollar market this week with a rich variety of trades in what promises to be a busy run-in to the end of the year with investors still in the hunt for primary deals.

Medical device maker LifeTech Scientific Corp tapped the Hong Kong market for HK$930m ($120m) in fresh equity on Thursday.

E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings was the only issuer in the dollar bond market in Asia on Thursday, raising $200m.

Blue Moon Group, a Chinese detergent maker, saw the book for its up to HK$9.8bn ($1.3bn) IPO covered within hours of opening on Friday.

Indonesian textile products manufacturer Sri Rejeki Isman, better known as Sritex, is planning to extend a dollar loan closed in 2019 by two years.

Thai express delivery company Kerry Express launched its IPO this week, aiming to raise up to Bt8.4bn ($278.2m) in proceeds.