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NTPC launched bookbuilding for a ten year dollar bond on November 19 in its first outing for more than two years. The power company is hoping to capitalise on its status an Indian quasi-sovereign in a market that a market that is overrun by supply from China.

A pair of Chinese financial firms have launched offshore renminbi bonds on Wednesday, just a day before China’s Ministry of Finance begins an auction of Rmb12bn ($1.9bn) of dim sum debt.

Deutsche Bank and Barclays on Tuesday evening launched a block trade of a 10.09% stake worth £83m in Crest Nicholson, the UK housebuilder.

Shui On Development raised $500m via a bond sale as the borrower continues a year-long liability management exercise.

China Development Bank’s financing arm CDB Leasing is set to kick off a series of meetings with investors starting this week in Asia and Europe for a senior unsecured dollar bond issue.

1Malaysia Development (1MDB) has filed a preliminary IPO application with the country’s regulator for a $3bn-plus listing of its energy assets, in what is the first step towards paving the way for a rare large transaction for the Malaysian ECM market.

US medical equipment manufacturer Thermo Fisher Scientific on Monday issued its first public bond in euros, a €640m transaction maturing in April 2025.

Publicis Groupe's $3.5bn loan for its acquisition of Sapient, the marketing and consulting company, is near closing, according to a banker working on the deal. A syndicate of relationship banks has been invited.

KazStroyService Global postponed its Eurobond offering on Monday, becoming the latest high yield corporate in CEEMEA to fall foul of waning investor appetite and softer markets.

Health Care Reit, the Ohio-based real estate investment trust, issued a £500m 20 year bond on Friday October 14. It is the longest sterling bond to be issued by a company other than a housing association since the Wellcome Trust's 45 year deal in May.

Shanghai Huayi Company, is due to kick off three-day investor meetings this week in Asia and Europe for its inaugural dollar bond issue. It joins the growing list of provincial SOEs that coming to the offshore debt market.

[First published 06.15, November 17, 2014. Updated with the final price.] Shui On Development came back to the dollar bond market on Monday in what has been a busy year for the borrower. The Chinese developer has made multiple outings in 2014 as part of a liability management exercise.