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IWG, the London-listed operator of serviced offices and co-working spaces, has issued a £350m convertible bond as it prepares to take advantage of opportunities as the UK economy reopens after lockdown.

Chinese property developer Longfor Group Holdings tapped equity investors for HK$4.7bn ($606.3m) through a top-up placement on Tuesday.

Hong Kong's Airport Authority proved that Covid-19 related travel worries are of little concern for its dollar bond investors. The issuer attracted a final order book of $14.5bn for its $1.5bn dual-tranche deal on Tuesday.

Four Chinese borrowers hit the dollar bond market on Tuesday, raising $745m between them.

Kommunalbanken, the financing agency for Norwegian municipalities, and L–Bank, the development bank for the State of Baden–Württemberg, built well covered order books as they brought what will likely be the SSA market’s final dollar benchmark deals of 2020.

Top tier Turkish lender VakifBank was in the market on Tuesday for its debut sustainable dollar bond, which market participants say is likely to gain strong demand from a wide investor base.

Kommunalbanken and L-Bank will each bring a dollar benchmark to the market on Tuesday, in what could be the final public SSA deals in the currency this year.

Electrocomponents, a UK electrical and industrial supplies company, has signed a £300m revolving credit facility, increasing the size of the facility being replaced as access to liquidity remains many companies' key consideration.

Charlie Nunn, HSBC's global chief executive for wealth and personal banking, has been appointed as the next chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group.

Italy returned to the private placement market to print one of the year’s largest MTNs on Thursday. The deal stood out this week, since issuance in the market has started to wind down ahead of Christmas.

CPI Property, the Frankfurt listed property owner, has signed a new €700m revolving credit facility, bumping up the size of its main bank line as lenders say liquidity is still a focus for corporates.

India's TML Holdings used its ties to parent company Tata Motors to appeal to investors in a $300m bond sale on Thursday.