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Shanghai Electric priced its maiden bond on August 7, raising $500m with a five year offering. A high proportion of the book went to European investors, who saw better value in the underlying credit than Asian investors, who deemed it to be expensive for a regional name, according to bankers.

E-commerce firm Alibaba finally looks ready to price its long-awaited jumbo IPO, after it emerged this week that it will begin meeting investors in early September.

E-commerce giant Alibaba finally looks ready to price its long-awaited jumbo IPO with news emerging Wednesday that it is expected to begin a roadshow in the first week of September.

A highly leveraged acquisition loan from Bureau van Dijk, expected to launch next month to back the company’s takeover by EQT, has attracted scrutiny following a week of volatility in the leveraged loan market. But existing lenders to the company have not deserted the borrower, a source at the private equity firm told GlobalCapital on Tuesday.

Bankers and investors are casting an increasingly critical eye on aggressive deals scheduled for launch in September, as relentless fund outflows indicate investors might not commit to risky paper as willingly as they had in the first half of 2014.

Expro, the UK oil and gas well testing provider, will allocate its $1.5bn loan on Monday, after widening price guidance on the deal, a common sight in the levloan market since last week.

Shanghai Electric priced its maiden bond on Thursday, raising $500m with a five year offering. A high proportion of the book went to European investors who saw better value in the underlying credit than Asian investors who deemed it to be expensive for a regional name, according to bankers.

A pair of supranationals enjoyed strong liquidity at the short end of the curve. The Asian Development Bank priced a long two year early in the week, days after the World Bank printed a similar maturity with both deals attracting enough demand to be increased from the minimum target size.

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Lindorff, the credit management firm, priced €1.452bn-equivalent of notes on August 1 to finance its buyout by Nordic Capital.

German carbon black producer Orion Engineered Carbons has widened price guidance on its €780m-equivalent loan and will close books on the deal today.

Shanghai Electric Group (SEG) brought out its debut international deal on Thursday, with the local government owned equipment manufacturer offering a Reg S five year bond.