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Just two weeks after the IMF said it had reached a staff level agreement on the first review of Ecuador’s economic programme, the South American sovereign pounced on a positive start to the week in markets to issue $1.125bn of bonds that will be used to refinance debt due next year.

Wanda Sports Group Company is seeking US Securities and Exchange Commission approval for a float of American Depository Shares (ADS).

Two Chinese property companies raised a combined $485m at the end of last week ahead of the holiday weekend in Hong Kong.

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Bilfinger succeeded in issuing its €250m bond on Thursday, having had to pull it in October. The German industrial services group obtained a €600m book and was able to knock 37.5bp off the yield.

The buyout loan backing Advent’s acquisition of Evonik’s methacrylates business has struggled in the first round of syndication, with leads increasing the OID and targeting the wide end of guidance.

Logistics provider ESR Cayman launched what will be the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s biggest IPO of 2019 so far on Wednesday, seeking to raise up to HK$9.76bn ($1.24bn) as hopes of US rate cuts opened a clear window in otherwise trade war-weary markets. Gina Lee reports.

Chinese online tutoring company GSX Techedu has raised $207.9m after pricing its US listing at the mid-point of guidance, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Investors proved their appetite for corporate bonds this week by gobbling €5bn of them on a single day, as Publicis Groupe and BMW issued jumbo deals on a second consecutive day of heavy issuance in Europe.

Dennis Eisele will become Credit Suisse’s head of Latin American debt capital markets in August after he ended a 19 year stint Deutsche Bank, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital.

Warburg Pincus-backed logistics manager ESR Cayman opened books on Wednesday for what will be the biggest float in Hong Kong so far this year.

Volkswagen has rebooted the IPO of Traton, its trucks division, after the deal was delayed in March due to volatility in equity markets caused by the ongoing trade tensions between the US and China.