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Investors showered a debut dollar deal from Uzpromstroybank with orders on Monday, with the order book for the $300m bond peaking at $1.2bn. But despite the success for the privatisation candidate, government officials are hoping that future Uzbek bond issuance will favour local currencies.

TMB Bank Public Co has sealed a $400m Basel III-compliant additional tier one bond. The rarity of the Thai deal made price discovery tricky.

Ant Financial, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, has launched a $3.5bn three year loan into syndication, after closing an amendment and extension of an old borrowing.

Citi has hired two senior real estate focused bankers from HSBC, adding them to its investment banking team in Hong Kong.

Arkema, the French speciality chemicals and advanced materials company, launched a €500m no-grow benchmark bond on Monday, which it managed to price in line with its outstanding debt.

France’s LVMH has agreed to buy jeweller Tiffany & Co. for around $16.2bn, with Bernard Arnault’s luxury goods group having to up its offer to $135 a share.

Uzpromstroybank, the BB-/BB- rated bank that is majority owned by the Uzbek government, had racked up more than $800m of orders by lunchtime on Monday for its five year dollar bond.

A rare borrower from New Zealand, telecoms infrastructure group Chorus, is to roadshow for a bond in Europe, as the continent's mountain of rated corporate debt reached €6.4tr.

Guarantor: Federal Republic of Germany

Perhaps the last two public sector bond benchmark issues of the year hit screens in euros this week and, judging by their reception, the market is closing right on time.

Veteran Citi banker Pramit Jhaveri is retiring, bringing the curtain down on a 32-year career at the US firm.

Alibaba Group Holding pulled off the year’s largest IPO this week, raising HK$88bn ($11.2bn) from its Hong Kong secondary listing. The company has given the stock exchange a much needed boost in morale, while signalling to other foreign-listed Chinese companies that they can come home. Jonathan Breen reports.