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Teva, the Israeli-US pharmaceutical company, priced a $2.1bn bond package at the tighter end of the initial price thoughts this week. While it is yet to come to a settlement over its alleged involvement in the US opioid crisis, investors were happy to jump aboard a rare double-B issue yielding up to 7%.

Alabama-based Medical Properties Trust is marketing a dual tranche, split-rated sterling bond, to pay back loans drawn to buy nine UK private hospitals this year. The company’s marketing materials highlighted that the UK’s National Health Service had doubled its spending in the private sector since 2009, but the opposition Labour Party has committed to end this outsourcing if it returns to power in December’s election.

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Israeli-US pharmaceutical company Teva has priced a $2.1bn bond package at the tighter end of initial price thoughts. Although Teva is still to sign a binding global settlement on its involvement in the opioid crisis, investors were happy to jump aboard a rare double-B issue yielding as much as 7%.

High grade companies stormed the European bond market with an array of tranches on Wednesday, and investors snapped up the trades, despite it being so late in the year.

The price on Tunghsu Group’s only dollar bond has plunged by more than 20 points in the secondary market, following missed payments in onshore China by a key subsidiary. Addison Gong reports.

Investors showed some price sensitivity when confronted with the State of North Rhine Westphalia’s (Land NRW) dual tranche sustainable offering on Wednesday. Nevertheless, compatriot issuer Rentenbank will add to euro SSA supply this week after mandating banks for a new 10 year benchmark.

A group of shareholders in GSX Techedu has launched a follow-on offering of the Chinese education technology firm’s US-listed stock.

Three companies piled into the euro bond market on Monday, but the deals drew mixed reactions. Two standard investment grade issues from LafargeHolcim and Ford Motor Credit appeared to fare better than a rare green hybrid from Citycon paying a juicy yield.

The State of North Rhine Westphalia (Land NRW) was the only public sector borrower to announce a euro benchmark transaction on Monday, as it appointed banks to lead new 10 and 20 year sustainability bonds.

OneConnect Financial Technology, an arm of Chinese financial conglomerate Ping An Group, has set the ball rolling for an up to $100m US IPO, having previously sought to list in Hong Kong.

The positive market backdrop has driven smaller and less well-known bank issuers to come forward with rare new bond issues. But they are showing up just as investors pack up for the year, meaning they must work hard to lure enough demand, writes David Freitas.