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India’s Bandhan Bank is set to launch bookbuilding for its Rp44.7bn ($687.5m) IPO next week, according to a notice on Thursday.

Temasek Holdings made a splash in the block market this week, raising W1.07tr ($1bn) with a pair of overnight trades in South Korean pharmaceutical company Celltrion and its distribution arm Celltrion Healthcare — an approach that was in line with the Singapore sovereign wealth fund’s strategy to rebalance its portfolio. Jonathan Breen reports.

Eurazeo, the French private equity group, sold its remaining stake in Accor, the restructured hotel company, through a €552m equity block trade on Tuesday night that cleared at one of the year's tightest discounts.

Fresh doubt has been cast on whether the record-breaking $100bn loan package for US chip maker Broadcom will come to fruition, after a US national security committee took the unusual step of issuing a public warning against the acquisition that the funds will finance.

Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings has raised W1.07tr ($1bn) after offloading stock in South Korean pharmaceutical company Celltrion and its distribution arm Celltrion Healthcare in a pair of overnight block sales.

The IPO of Siemens Healthineers was covered on day one of its bookbuild on Tuesday after its parent, Siemens, set a price range designed to please potential investors in the IPO of its medical technology division.

SSA borrowers are piling up in dollars. Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) will bring a five year benchmark on Wednesday, coming on the heels of Oesterreichische Kontrollbank’s (OeKB) own deal in the tenor on Tuedsay.

The low rates in Europe are making the euro high yield market an attractive option for US issuers like Belden, a St Louis-based manufacturer of telecoms equipment, which is launching a new euro bond to buy back old deals in euros and dollars. More US issuers are coming to euros, say bankers and investors.

China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co (CDB Leasing) sealed an opportunistic $100m tap on Monday. But like other borrowers that came to the market on the same day, paying a new issue premium was inevitable because of a weak backdrop and heavy expected supply.

China Minmetals Corp’s perpetual bond sale on Monday was a demonstration of the market’s strength after a volatile few weeks, but the deal came at a cost.

Chinese online consumer finance provider VCredit Holdings filed a draft IPO prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday. It is expected to float on the bourse as early as April, according to a source close to the deal.

The SRI market is in full swing. Two borrowers are set to come to market on Tuesday, while a third is going on the road to promote its return to the format.