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Nasdaq-listed Chinese streaming platform Bilibili has opened books for a concurrent convertible bond and placement of American Depository Shares, eyeing combined proceeds of up to $614m.

Eager demand for hybrid capital issues, amid an environment of low rates, was on show again on Monday, when LafargeHolcim issued its first big deal of this kind. The pricing was tightened by an exceptional amount during the bookbuild — 69bp.

Following European bond issues by Volkswagen Financial Services, Volvo Car and RCI Banque last week, another car company entered the market on Monday. Toyota Finance Australia issued a two and five year bond that showed the market was very much open for business and full of demand.

A trio of public sector borrowers hit screens with mandates on Monday ahead of what SSA bankers say will be a busy week of supply following a glut of benchmark issuance towards the end of the first quarter.

Saudi Aramco has published a bond programme prospectus and received its first credit ratings as it goes on the road to promote its first international capital markets transaction, which is expected to come to market this week.

Bank of Baroda returned to the market on Thursday to sell its first dollar deal in nearly five years. The bank, acting through its London Branch, raised $800m in a sale that came just days before its expected merger with Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank.

Logistics provider ESR Cayman raised $250m from the bond market this week, ahead of a planned IPO in Hong Kong later this year.

Chinese provincial government-owned Guangzhou Industrial Investment Fund Management Co (Sfund) saw a 14 times covered order book for its return to dollar bonds, while Yunnan Metropolitan Construction Investment Group Co was able to hit its $800m size target.

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Europe’s most prolific corporate bond issuer re-entered the market on Monday for its second multi-tranche deal of the year, and issued €2.75bn, slightly more than at its €2.5bn outing in January. The book for Volkswagen Financial Services’ three tranche issue was somewhat smaller this time, however.

Total, the French oil company, achieved a flat new issue concession on its €1.5bn hybrid bond on Wednesday, according to bankers away from the deal, as investors swarmed into the book in search of yield.

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