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Luzheng Futures Co has priced its Hong Kong IPO slightly above the middle of the range to raise around HK$900m ($116m), despite weak market conditions wreaking havoc among the investor community.

Taiwan’s Advanced Semiconductor Engineering has ventured back into equity-linked after a near two-year hiatus, raising $200m from a 2.75 year convertible bond that was flooded with orders, and led to nearly half the accounts going home empty handed.

Chinese real estate corporate Wuzhou International Holdings has raised $100m from a tap of its 13.75% 2018s, this is the second re-opening on the bonds and was driven by reverse enquiry.

Vanke Properties (Overseas) is tapping shareholders for HK$1.04bn ($134m) through a one-for-two rights issue, as it looks to shore up resources to expand its operations and make a potential acquisition in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong.

Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol on Tuesday notched up a deal that bankers saw as going as well as could be expected given a less than vibrant market and that it was the borrower’s first issue since oil prices began to fall.

ArcelorMittal met with a warm welcome from retail investors on its first outing in the Swiss franc market on Thursday.

CriteriaCaixa Holding, the unlisted company that owns stakes in CaixaBank and various industrial companies, sold a 2.28% stake in CaixaBank on Tuesday night, via a €566m Morgan Stanley block trade that was quickly covered.

Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol on Tuesday made its much anticipated return to bond markets for the first time since oil prices began to plunge, and priced a solid deal amid headwinds.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) completed its return to dollars in style this week, selling a SEC registered dual tranche deal that drew over $2bn of demand. Amid a high level of volatility due to concerns over Greece, bankers chose a good window for the Korean policy bank, which was able to meet its size and pricing goals.

Implenia, the Swiss construction company, showed the advantages of the convertible market for issuers wanting to issue subordinated debt, with a highly successful Sfr175m deal that shared the market with Ingenico on Tuesday.

The sense that green shoots are appearing in Russian equity capital markets was strengthened on Tuesday evening (June 23) by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s sale of part of its stake in Lenta, the hypermarket chain.

Malaysia’s Sunway Construction Group has netted cornerstone commitments from six local funds for its up to MR550m ($147m) IPO, giving the float some early momentum before it launches.