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Lloyds Bank is set to bring the first ever FIG benchmark linked to Sonia on Tuesday, alongside three issuers bringing euro benchmarks and one selling a tap.

Dutch brewer Heineken took advantage of a quiet market on Monday’s US Labor Day holiday to print a €1.25bn dual tranche deal with new issue premiums some participants saw in single digits.

Germany’s Cheplapharm Arzneimittel has signed €780m of loans, with the pharmaceutical company using the funds to refinance debt and fund acquisitions.

Czech company Atrium European Real Estate has hit the market with a deal first roadshowed in June, raising €300m with a seven year.

Two of the euro corporate bond market’s more frequent issuers helped fully reopen the market with a pair of dual-tranche deals immediately following the UK August bank holiday. The quality of the credits was one of the reasons the market was able to digest €6.65bn of supply on the day.

There was little in the way of emerging market bond issuance this week to set the tone for the usually busy month of September. Although mBank raised €500m of four year money, CEE-focused Atrium European Real Estate had yet to appear with a deal that had been planned for Thursday.

Interest among Chinese companies to list in the US continues to remain strong, with personal finance company X Financial and internet firm Viomi setting the stage for their IPOs.

Czech company Atrium European Real Estate has said it is focusing on a seven year bond. That is the long end of the maturity range that had set for the note on Wednesday. But there are no signs yet of price guidance for the deal, which has already been postponed once.

China Aoyuan Property Group was back in the offshore market on Wednesday for the fourth time in as many months, using a dual-currency transaction to settle the last $300m of its fundraising quota.

BBVA has hired an ex-Deutsche Bank emerging markets DCM banker for its corporate debt syndicate.

Aston Martin, the UK maker of luxury cars, has launched one of the most highly anticipated London IPOs in recent years, having announced its intention to float on Wednesday morning.

Czech company Atrium European Real Estate is reviving its €300m bond issue this week with a shorter maturity, having roadshowed in June. The deal looks set to be one of the first out of the gates in the emerging markets this week, after a tumultuous summer for that asset class.