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The World Bank impressed with its first benchmark transaction of its new fiscal year this week as it received solid demand despite pricing tightly to match the spread it paid for a five year deal before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Prosus, the Dutch online consumer and investment company, has mandated banks for dollar and euro bonds. Investors will need to contend with a firm that reported strong full year results up to the end of March but has issued warnings that the coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll since.

Ant Group is planning a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai that will value the company at as much as $200bn. Bankers say the mega listing will be a ‘shot of adrenaline’ for the two stock exchanges, creating a surge of liquidity that will enable more companies to follow suit. Jonathan Breen reports.

Asian Development Bank offloaded chunks of Thai energy companies B.Grimm Power and Gulf Energy Development this week, raising Bt9.6bn ($303.9m).

Mindspace Business Parks Real Estate Investment Trust has finalised the price guidance for its up to Rp45bn ($603.9m) IPO in India, set to be launched next week.

Boqii Co, a Chinese pet-focused e-commerce site, is working on a Hong Kong listing that could raise up to $150m, according to a source familiar with the matter.

World Bank scored an impressive result with the first dollar benchmark of its new fiscal year as it priced at the joint-tightest level versus mid-swaps for a five year deal in the currency since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Republic of Lithuania returned to bond markets for its second trade in less than three months on Tuesday, tapping euro investors for a 30 year trade.

Ant Group, the Chinese financial technology giant behind popular mobile payments app Alipay, has set in motion plans to go public through IPOs in Hong Kong and Shanghai, in what are set to be landmark deals for Asia's equity markets.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co has added to the growing presence of Chinese financial credits in the international debt market with a $500m deal.