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Pinduoduo, one of China’s hottest technology start-ups, sealed its $1.6bn IPO at the top end as expected, but not all American Depository Share (ADS) listings were so lucky this week as investors remained on edge.

Ceva Logistics and Promontoria, a Cerberus issuing vehicle, announced new bonds in the European high yield market this week, with investors appearing more willing to add risk.

The IPO of Navya, the French maker of driverless cars and other vehicles, was priced at €7 on Monday, below the initial €9 to €12 range, after the company extended the original bookbuilding period last week.

Chinese developer Yuzhou Properties has followed the success of fellow property company Agile Group Holdings by tapping its existing bonds. While high yield issuers have struggled in recent weeks, improving investor sentiment is offering some high yield borrowers fund raising opportunities.

Credit Suisse has hired Andy Tan, a former United Overseas Bank loans banker, as head of syndicate for Southeast Asia in its Asia Pacific financing group (AFG).

Chinese e-commerce start-up Pinduoduo is set to price its US listing at the top of guidance after a flurry of demand towards the end of its roadshow, according to a banker working on the deal.

SF Holding Co grabbed $500m from its inaugural bond on Thursday, enticing investors with its high rating and scarcity value.

Two Chinese technology firms listing in the US have been hotly received by investors, with both well covered since their launches earlier in the week.

Concerns from some fund managers about the terms of Altice’s new €2.5bn-equivalent bond were swamped by orders from other investors eager to bag single-B paper with a big coupon from a core high yield issuer. After a series of successful investor push-backs on deal terms, the debt laden French telecom proved this week that borrowers still can walk away with loose covenants, writes Victor Jimenez.

Electricity network operator Terna has sold the first investment grade corporate bond from an Italian issuer since the formation of the country’s new government and was rewarded with an order book that was more than 5.5 times subscribed, demonstrating an investor base that is open to Italy risk once more. Nigel Owen reports.

Bankers marketing the latest crop of IPOs from China’s technology sector got their game face on this week amid escalating fears of a trade war with the US.

There is a sense that banks in the Middle East are being encouraged to pledge allegiance in the public bond markets to either Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates or to Qatar, as the diplomatic tensions between the two sides rumble on. But in the MTN market it is becoming clear that no such division exists.