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La Mondiale gave investors a rare chance to put money in restricted tier one (RT1) ranks this week. The bond was oversubscribed by more than 10 times but the insurance company paid a hefty premium to do the deal, according to one source away from it. However, one of the leads disagreed and said the bond was priced “probably inside fair value”.

Chinese central government-owned China National Travel Service Group Corp (CNTS) made a quick return to the dollar bond market this week, extending its maturity profile with a $600m dual-tranche transaction.

India's Vedanta, Syndicate Bank make loan comeback — Shanghai Sinnoil defaults on $400m loan — Fullerton allocates $250m among 17 banks — Lesso closes $1.1bn refi — Indorent holds non-deal roadshows

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) raised $600m on Wednesday from a combination of fixed and floating rate notes.

VodafoneZiggo, the Dutch telecoms joint venture evenly split between Liberty Global and Vodafone, is raising €3.1bn in fresh capital. It joins industry peers such as Salt, Wind Hellas and Altice France who have rushed to the market this autumn to take advantage of favourable conditions.

The World Bank seemed to find the point of investor exhaustion with its 10 year dollar deal on Wednesday following a recent spate of successful similar deals from other borrowers.

Kommunalbanken has picked the banks to lead its first euro benchmark since 2017, while the European Stability Mechanism has sent out a request for proposals for its upcoming transaction.

Aldar Investment Properties has raised a 10 year $500m sukuk, achieving a tightening of 35bp beyond initial guidance.

The African Export Bank (Afreximbank) has confirmed its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange, paving the way for a $250m IPO.

China Construction Bank returned to the international bond market on Tuesday, turning to dollar and euro investors with two separately-executed deals worth a combined $1.551 billion.

Chinese online education platform Youdao has launched bookbuilding for its New York Stock Exchange listing, eyeing up to $100.8m from the deal.

The UK’s Informa brought a €500m no-grow bond on Tuesday, a deal for the publishing and events company that won praise from onlooking bankers.