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Zhuji Development, a Chinese local government financing vehicle from the Zhejiang province, has made its international bond debut with a well-anchored deal.

The European Union was the sole public sector borrower in the market on Tuesday, reopening its April 2033s in a week that bankers said is likely to be the “last very good window” for issuance before the end of the year.

Jefferies, which is in the process of a huge expansion of its emerging markets offering, has hired an ex-Goldman Sachs trader in New York.

China Vanke Co rode the positive momentum that followed the truce in the China and US trade war, raising $630m after an aggressive tightening in price. But the movements in the US Treasury market, including a curve inversion between three and five year notes, hit the secondary performance of the company’s bond.

Chinese online consumer lender 360 Finance is preparing to launch its New York Stock Exchange IPO on Wednesday, targeting around $100m, according to a source close to the deal.

The Republic of Indonesia managed to raise $3bn across three tranches of notes in its annual dollar funding exercise, but paid a double-digit premium to attract investors cautious about the sovereign credit.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has begun bookbuilding for its long-awaited $1.23bn IPO in the US, around two months after first gauging investor appetite.

Nomura said it had appointed Ralson Roberts, formerly Goldman Sachs's co-head of EMEA execution services, as chief executive of Instinet, its agency brokerage unit.

Baidu’s video streaming platform iQiyi has raised $650m after pricing its bigger convertible bond at the investor friendly end of guidance.

Goldman Sachs has given two of its long-term employees additional responsibilities within the Asia ex-Japan investment banking division.

US medical technology company Stryker had to wait longer than it planned for its debut in the European corporate bond market, but when the chance to launch the deal came on Tuesday, it achieved the hat-trick of tranches it was aiming for with an extra one added for good measure.

Four borrowers piled into the dollar bond market on Thursday, adding to one of the busiest weeks of the year despite tough market conditions. UK telecoms company BT led the charge with a $1.35bn two-part deal.