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Chinese mobile streaming platform Inke hit the road with its Hong Kong IPO on Wednesday. With strong anchor demand in the bag, it is reaching for proceeds of up to HK$1.5bn ($192.6m).

The European leveraged loan market is starting to look a lot like it did in May, with a table full of multi-billion deals and bankers concerned about how much this spike in issuance could play into investors’ hands.

Two euro borrowers launched benchmarks on Wednesday, sharing the SSA euro market. While both secured successful deals, one found the market tougher going, as investors pushed back.

A pair of borrowers have hit screens for euro benchmarks to be sold during Tuesday’s session, but another nipped in ahead of the rush to price on Monday.

Chinese bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan is planning a mid-July launch of its up to $2bn Hong Kong IPO, according to a banker on the trade.

Xiaomi has covered its whopping HK$48bn ($6.1bn) listing thanks to a strong flow of early orders, according to a book message sent out on Friday morning, a day after bookbuilding kicked off.

Goldman hires new co-head of China IB — JPM names head of equities — Deutsche loses senior ECM and DCM bankers

Chinese technology giant Xiaomi Corp kicked off bookbuilding for its up to HK$48bn ($6.1bn) Hong Kong IPO on Thursday, set to be the largest globally in nearly two years, after a series of twists and turns that put it firmly on the market’s radar. Jonathan Breen reports.

China’s SkyCo International Financial Leasing is tapping the offshore loan market for the first time.

The head of SSA origination and structuring at Deutsche Bank has resigned from the bank’s London operation, GlobalCapital understands.

EPP, a Polish real estate investment company, postponed its five year euro bond on Monday despite having gone as far as to set the yield for the deal. The company blamed adverse market conditions, while bankers away from the deal were divided as to whether anything could or should have been done differently by the leads.

International Game Technology is readying its comeback to bond issuance, seeking funding for a partial tender offer for two 2020 euro notes. Europe’s primary high yield market was back in action, too, but investors warn renewed talk of trade war between the US and China could disrupt the market.