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Shanghai Junshi Biosciences kicked off pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong listing this week, following close behind Chinese telecommunications software provider AsiaInfo Technologies.

WuXi AppTec’s Hong Kong IPO is set to be yet another test case of investor appetite for biotechnology names, as the company kicked off its chunky HK$7.5bn ($958m) flotation this week. With all eyes on the offering, its performance in both primary and secondary can have ramifications for other listing hopefuls in the city, writes Christie Ou.

High hopes for a bumper corporate finance year in Saudi Arabia have been dashed by the pulled Aramco IPO, the blockade of Qatar and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, writes David Rothnie.

The European Investment Bank changed up the coupon structure for its first floating rate note linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) on Wednesday. But some onlooking bankers warned that different coupon structures could be “unhelpful” in the development of the new benchmark.

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences has kicked off pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong listing.

Private equity firms Bain Capital and Cinven are financing their purchase of a further 28.3% stake in Stada Arzneimittel, the German pharmaceutical group, in the euro leveraged finance markets this week, and are having to contend with investors who are in a risk-averse mood.

The African Development Bank issued the first green bond linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) on Tuesday. The European Investment Bank will look to extend the Sofr floating rate note curve on Wednesday with an October 2021 issue that will use a different coupon formula to the previous Sofr trades.

General Holding Corporation (Senaat) — one of the United Arab Emirate’s largest industrial investment holding companies — printed a $300m seven year sukuk on Tuesday after releasing exceptionally wide guidance and slamming it tighter.

On Monday, Austrian oil and gas company OMV’s first senior corporate bonds of 2018 attracted €3.9bn of total demand for a pair of €500m notes with five year and 10 year tenors. The demand allowed the issuer to tighten the spread by more than 20bp on the longer tranche.

Nomura has brought on board Alexandra Tong from Citi to lead Greater China ECM origination and execution, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia on Tuesday.

On Monday, French supermarkets group Carrefour made its second visit to the corporate bond market of 2018, once again in the wake of a period of volatility. However, the company’s timing proved to be good as it was able to tighten pricing 15bp from initial price thoughts.

A European interest rates and SSA strategist has left Citi after 13 years to join a US based asset management firm.