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The leveraged loan pipeline for September coughed into life this week, as AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals unveiled the first jumbo deal of the week, a €5bn loan to support its buyout by Carlyle and Singaporean government fund GIC.

Czech company Atrium European Real Estate has hit the market with a deal first roadshowed in June, raising €300m with a seven year.

China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) hit its $500m target on Thursday with its inaugural public bond, narrowly escaping a change in market sentiment overnight due to the latest trade threat from the US.

German car leasing company Sixt has raised €200m in the Schuldschein market, part of which was sold through Helaba’s platform, VC Trade. As the market digitises, two platforms — one promoted by Helaba and one by LBBW — are pulling ahead of the pack. But three other platforms are nipping at their heels, positioning themselves where the other two find it harder to reach.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) and Al Hilal Bank (AHB) were this week roadshowing the first public dollar sukuk since April and the first public bank deals from the Gulf states since March.

There was little in the way of emerging market bond issuance this week to set the tone for the usually busy month of September. Although mBank raised €500m of four year money, CEE-focused Atrium European Real Estate had yet to appear with a deal that had been planned for Thursday.

Al Hilal Bank hit screens on Thursday to announce a roadshow for a new five year Sukuk syndication — the first in the market in five months, according to Dealogic.

Three Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) priced dollar bonds this week, despite a recent default in the onshore debt market.

Belle International reeled in some five banks in general syndication for its HK$30bn ($3.8bn) loan, with several more commitments left to be processed before the deal is closed.

Czech company Atrium European Real Estate has said it is focusing on a seven year bond. That is the long end of the maturity range that had set for the note on Wednesday. But there are no signs yet of price guidance for the deal, which has already been postponed once.

Aston Martin, the UK maker of luxury cars, has launched one of the most highly anticipated London IPOs in recent years, having announced its intention to float on Wednesday morning.

mBank, a Polish financial institution, has hit the market with what will be the first euro benchmark from a CEEMEA borrower in over a month, taking what some investors believe is a cautious approach to reopening the market.