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Telecommunications infrastructure giant China Tower found huge demand for its multi-billion-dollar IPO this week as it kicked off bookbuilding in Hong Kong. The deal is a counter-balance to a flood of technology listings in the market this year. Jonathan Breen reports.

Pinduoduo, one of China’s hottest technology start-ups, sealed its $1.6bn IPO at the top end as expected, but not all American Depository Share (ADS) listings were so lucky this week as investors remained on edge.

Ascletis Pharma priced its Hong Kong IPO in the middle of expectations on Wednesday, raising HK$3.1bn ($400m) from the city’s inaugural biotechnology offering.

Goldman Sachs was able to take €1.5bn of funding out of the senior market on Wednesday in the first FIG deal of the week, taking advantage of a more benign secondary backdrop.

Chinese property company Sino-Ocean Group Holdings rolled out a rare corporate floating rate bond on Tuesday, bringing home $700m after big demand from investors.

Pintec Technology Holdings is gauging investor appetite for its IPO on the Nasdaq ahead of roadshows that are expected to start next Wednesday.

Prologis, the US real estate investment trust that owns logistics properties, held a call with investors this morning to explore the sale of a sale of a 10 to 12 year euro senior unsecured benchmark bond.

Chinese e-commerce start-up Pinduoduo is set to price its US listing at the top of guidance after a flurry of demand towards the end of its roadshow, according to a banker working on the deal.

Some fund managers and underwriters are gearing up to keep Europe’s high yield market open during August, as borrowers show more willingness to bring new paper during a traditionally quiet month.

Mainland telecommunications infrastructure giant China Tower hit the road on Monday to start drumming up interest in its HK$68.1bn ($8.7bn) IPO, according to a senior banker on the deal.

Two Chinese technology firms listing in the US have been hotly received by investors, with both well covered since their launches earlier in the week.

Management at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley used second quarter earnings calls to reassure investors about their exposure to leveraged loans, under questioning from RBC Capital Markets’ Gerard Cassidy, as fears grow about leverage levels and weak covenants.