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Commodities brokerage Marex Group has opened the books on its £100m plus IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

Europe’s corporate bond market was again dominated by ESG trades on Tuesday but the influx of green and socially conscious deals in recent weeks means that investors have become increasingly picky about what they buy.

French digital music company Believe has fixed the terms for its €300m IPO on Euronext Paris, after scaling back the deal size amid a challenging market for new stockmarket listings in Europe.

Times China Holdings, Yango Group and Greenland Hong Kong Holdings, all of which are real estate developers, raised $840m between them from the bond market on Thursday, continuing a recent revival in issuance from the sector.

AstraZeneca, the UK drug company, showed the eager demand for merger and acquisition financings this week when it achieved ultra-tight pricing on a $7bn bond issue to fund its acquisition of US biotech firm Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

Banks have enjoyed a hot funding streak in the sterling market in recent weeks, with pent up demand pushing supply towards its highest year in over a decade. Some market participants, however, are worried the superlative conditions might vanish just as quickly as they appeared.

AstraZeneca, the UK drug maker, hit the euro market on Wednesday after printing $7bn across the Atlantic a day earlier. The borrower is building up funds to pay for its $39bn acquisition of US rival Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

Kanzhun, China’s largest online recruitment platform, is planning a $100m listing of American depository shares on the Nasdaq.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market had a distinctly Spanish flavour on Tuesday as Cellnex and Merlin Properties issued. Some analysts predict that the healthy earnings season might mean a 15% rise in bond issuance from the European market.

Metropolitan Life ended an almost 12 month absence from euros this week as the insurer raced towards what could be its busiest year since 2019.

A trio of firms slipped into the market to place senior paper this week, and with spreads threatening to creep wider, bankers were keen to see lenders make use of the windows available.

A group of Italian insurance executives have teamed up to launch a new special purpose acquisition company on the Alternative Investment Market of the Borsa Italiana. The €200m IPO is due to close later today.