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Banca Popolare di Vicenza, the 150 year old Italian bank, has picked three banks to lead its initial public offering in Milan.

Verallia, the French glass bottle maker, has accelerated the bookbuilding for its €1bn leveraged loan, as investors have gobbled up the acquisition debt, asking for big tickets.

Slovenia priced a €1.25bn 10 year transaction on Tuesday with only a single digit new issue premium, according to bookrunners. The thirst for duration should help encourage other European sovereigns.

Bank of Communications (BoCom) opened books on July 22 to what is the first additional tier one (AT1) transaction out of China this year, selling a dollar-denominated preference share offering. Similar to its predecessors Bank of China (BoC) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), BoCom already has plenty of clarity on the book ahead of launch in spite of some aggressive price guidance.

Zhuhai Huafa Group is preparing to make its second foray into the offshore bond market, with investor meetings expected to kick off on July 23 for a renminbi offering.

Chinese companies are really taking the euro bond market in their stride this year, with Beijing Energy Investment Holdings (BEIH) adding to the record-breaking volumes with another €300m ($326m). But unlike the euro deal from state-owned peer Beijing Infrastructure a day earlier, BEIH had to rely more on anchor orders to get its deal away.

A rare Greek IPO was announced on Tuesday, as Poseidon Containers, based in Athens, set out to raise about $230m by floating in New York, to finance purchases of container ships.

The European Stability Mechanism comfortably raised the €2bn it needed from a tap issue on Tuesday — but there were doubts as to whether it has reopened the euro market for SSAs.

Time Warner issued a well received eight year euro bond on Tuesday, as it finally pulled the trigger on a trade that was first mandated at the end of April.

World Bank joined a swarm of issuers looking to print in the dollar market with a mandate on Tuesday for the first 10 year benchmark in seven weeks.

Members Equity Bank priced a A$1.5bn Australian RMBS, its first of the year.

DomusVi, the French operator of private care homes for the elderly, announced on Tuesday a €125m tap of its subsidiary HomeVi’s only high yield bond, as it is acquiring Geriatros from private equity fund Magnum.