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Ineos, the energy conglomerate, launched a refinancing and repricing loan deal on Monday afternoon, extending the run of issuers coming back to cut funding costs in the market.

JQ Pictures Holdings, the firm behind film star Jackie Chan’s latest movie, is vying for an IPO of around $100m in Hong Kong, according to a banker close to the deal.

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Euros in the public sector bond market have enjoyed an exceptional run throughout January, providing borrowers from all across the public sector with funding in a tremendous breadth of maturities.

Goldman Sachs led a procession of bank bond issuance this week as supply soared to its busiest month on record for high grade FIG deals.

Although the European high yield market priced only one sterling issuer this week, some debt advisers say the pipeline is building up.

Sky Bet, the UK gaming company owned by private equity firm CVC, is planning to cut margins on its existing term loan as activity stirs in the sterling loan market.

Italian infrastructure holding company Atlantia followed on from a Wednesday investor call with a benchmark eight year trade on Thursday.

Detsky Mir, the Russian toy retailer, has announced the price range for its Moscow IPO, which could value the business at up to Rb77.6bn ($1.3bn).

Deal after deal has hit screens in euros this week as issuers from all across the public sector spectrum printed in maturities from five to 30 years.

Investors in US banks might be looking forward to regulatory easing under President Trump’s administration, backed by a Republican Congress. They might eventually see some benefit, but a steeper yield curve is much more important.

Biostime International ventured out to the debt market on Monday with a tap of its outstanding five year bonds. Thanks to strong momentum, the issuer decided to raise $200m instead of the initial target of $150m.