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Chinese property management firm Sunac Services has priced its Hong Kong IPO at the middle of guidance, bagging HK$8bn ($1.03bn), according to a source close to the deal.

Financial institutions jumped into action this week, as positive news on the development of a Covid-19 vaccine led to superlative funding conditions in the euro market.

NatWest Group and Société Générale reopened the additional tier one (AT1) market to some fanfare this week, as investors showed they were hungry for yield by snapping up the deals.

French agency Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations finished its 2020 syndicated funding programme with a visit to the Swiss market this week, printing an extremely tight deal through the high quality domestic covered bond curve.

A flurry of Chinese corporations rushed to the dollar bond market on Wednesday, raising a total of $1.19bn between them.

Redco Properties Group has tackled some of its upcoming maturities by selling a new $266m bond to refinance debt.

Deal arrangers expect banks will take advantage of a positive tone in the euro market by bringing forward their plans for non-preferred senior issuance, following in the footsteps of CaixaBank and ING Groep on Tuesday.

Three Chinese property companies launched dollar bonds on Monday, continuing to take advantage of the post-US election momentum.

European issuers are set to return to the subordinated debt market this week, following the confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the US election on Saturday. First off is NatWest Group, which reopened the additional tier one (AT1) market on Monday with its first venture into sterling.

Three property companies from Greater China hit the bond market last Friday, raising $850m between them even as the US presidential election battle raged on. With Joe Biden now announced as the president-elect, the issuance spree in Asia only picked up pace on Monday.

Chinese property manager Sunac Services Holdings has hit the road for its Hong Kong listing, eyeing HK$8.7bn ($1.1bn) in fresh equity.

The Co-operative Bank said on Friday that it was pressing ahead with plans to raise £200m of debt for the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) in the fourth quarter of this year, hoping to overcome "challenging" conditions to remain on track with its targets.