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Ping An Real Estate Capital, a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance Group, is hunting for $200m from the syndicated loan market.

Five banks are set to arrange a series of investor meetings in the US for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

State-owned oil giant Pemex became the second Mexican company to raise euro denominated debt this week, following the same strategy it took in dollars earlier in the year by focussing on the short end of the curve.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has mandated eight banks to run its $4bn loan, with invitations to be sent out to lenders soon.

Hutchison China MediTech’s (Chi-Med) $100m IPO on the Nasdaq has been oversubscribed three days into bookbuilding, according to sources close to the transaction.

Veolia Environnement, the French water, waste and power company, joined on Tuesday the parade of investment grade blue chip companies launching convertible bonds at attractive terms — in this case, a negative yield and very high conversion premium.

Issuers lined up to print in euros on Tuesday as a vital European Central Bank meeting loomed later in the week — but bankers were divided as to how much the flurry of deals was down to concerns over the central bank meeting.

There was a double breakthrough in dollars for public sector borrowers on Tuesday, as Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten reopened the 10 year part of the curve for core issuers for the first time in seven months and Sweden priced the tightest three year benchmark since the first week of the year.

UK property group Hammerson came to the corporate bond market on Tuesday with a €500m offering, as deal flow hit a more subdued tone ahead of the European Central Bank’s Thursday meeting.

Ten of the 11 banks that underwrote Saipem’s €3.5bn rights issue sold the bulk of their remaining overhang in the stock in a block trade on Monday night, making a gain. But Banca Imi decided to take the riskier path of selling its holdings by itself at a later date.

The FIG senior unsecured market welcomed lower beta trades from DVB Bank and Dexia Crédit Local on Tuesday, as bankers started to turn their attention to Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting.

The Republic of Indonesia is set to go on the road to meet investors for its annual return to the dollar sukuk market.