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Ivanhoé Cambridge, the Canadian real estate company that is the largest shareholder in Gecina, has sold 87% of its allocation of rights in the French property group's €1bn rights issue, through a block trade on Tuesday night.

Italian electricity network operator, Terna, brought its first new issue of 2017 on Wednesday, and benefitted from the current strong demand for triple-B rated bonds. The €1bn 10-year deal had an orderbook of €1.6bn and printed with a new issue premium of 10bp.

Equity capital markets in Europe are beginning to wind down for the summer break, with just a handful of live deals left.

Any debt bankers hoping for an early summer lull were left sorely disappointed on Tuesday, as a slew of Chinese issuers ensured a breakneck pace of issuance.

Gecina, the French real estate investment trust focused on residential, office and healthcare properties, will raise €1bn through a fully underwritten rights issue to partly refinance its acquisition of Eurosic.

Kazakhstan’s independent oil and gas company Nostrum navigated a tricky price discovery process to print five year bonds at 8% on Monday after what has been a difficult few months for the company.

Indian renewable energy firm Greenko Energy Holdings returned to the green debt market this week, printing a $1bn dual-tranche trade — Asia's largest dollar corporate green bond to date.

Great Wall Motors, the largest sports utility vehicle and pick-up manufacturer in China by units sold, has approached the overseas loan market with a $350m fresh money fundraising.

A relatively stable credit backdrop has encouraged a swathe of Asian issuers to tap the bond market this week, ensuring a blistering pace of issuance.

Paul Cahalan has moved from Deutsche Bank’s leveraged finance desk to head HSBC’s EMEA leveraged finance and acquisition team.

Nostrum Oil & Gas hit the screens on Monday with a five year non-call two dollar note having completed its roadshow last week. But though the 8% handle on price guidance hascaught the attention of rival bankers.

SBI Life Insurance Co has filed a preliminary prospectus for its $900m IPO, which will see its two biggest shareholders sell down their stakes.