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Coupang, a South Korean e-commerce company, scooped up $4.2bn from its IPO this week, after pricing the deal above the marketed range. It is the largest US listing from Asia since Alibaba Group Holding raised $25bn seven years ago.

China Hongqiao Group and Guangdong Lingyi iTech Manufacturing Co are seeking loans worth a total of $350m.

A pair of French agencies hit the market on Wednesday, pulling off impressive deals ahead of the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday, where investors hope to hear promises of increased support.

NRW.Bank will be the next public sector borrower to hit the sterling market following an improved funding cost in the currency versus euros and dollars.

Oman's Bank Muscat this week returned to debt markets after a brief hiatus to sell a dollar bond. The deal was one of only a few across CEEMEA this week, as market participants say interest rate volatility is still deterring issuance.

Met Group, the Swiss energy trading company, has signed a €120m term loan, increasing the size of its term debt and using some of the same banks that provided revolving credit facilities last month.

China’s Guangdong Lingyi iTech Manufacturing Co, a company focused on making magnetic materials, electric motors and electric wires for automobiles, computers and mobile phones, has hit the market for a $150m loan.

South Korean e-commerce company Coupang has increased the price range for its US IPO a day before wrapping up the deal, now putting proceeds of up to $4.08bn within reach.

Bookrunners for APA Group, the Australian gas and electricity company, had a rough time in the euro and sterling bond markets on Tuesday, and they only managed to nudge spreads tighter.

APA Group, the Australian gas infrastructure company, has become the latest non-European company to mandate banks for an investment grade bond in euros, as debt bankers say calmer markets in the currency are proving a magnet to foreign issuers.

The European Stability Mechanism headed to the five year part of the euro curve on Monday to complete its first quarter funding target.

Rising oil prices will boost economic growth across the Middle East, possibly reducing reliance on capital markets funding. But the immediate concern for markets will be the path of interest rates.