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The private placement market is proving its worth at the long end in euros and with dollar floaters, helping issuers make the most of excellent conditions.

In just three days this week, Carillion, the UK construction and support services group, lost 70% of its value, prompting fears of a debt-to-equity swap. This anguish comes only five months after Carillion raised €112m in the Schuldschein market, which is unused to defaults, write Silas Brown and Jon Hay.

On Tuesday Bright Food became the latest Chinese corporate to launch a euro bond in Asia. This has become a regular occurrence in recent months. However, this deal saw a higher than usual level of demand out of Europe, prompting some European bankers to speculate on what had changed the demand dynamics for this deal.

South Africa’s National Treasury is meeting with its nine primary banks on Friday to discuss its 2017 Eurobond issuance, according to its senior analyst Alilali Nelufule.

Saka Energi Indonesia, the upstream oil and gas arm of state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara, is back in the loan market for a $200m-$300m deal with a bigger top group when compared with its previous borrowing.

Greentown China Holdings made a rare visit to the debt market, selling a senior perpetual bond on Tuesday. The transaction saw blow-out demand of about $6bn for the $450m deal, allowing the leads to slice pricing by 37.5bp from initial guidance.

CJ CheilJedang Corp sold all of its stake in Samsung Life Insurance Co through an overnight block this week, raising W357.7bn ($314.2m) after the bookrunners managed to move investors up to the middle of the price range.

China National Chemical Corp has priced a Reg S-only $3bn triple-tranche deal, hitting its targeted size while paying minimum new issue premium. Peak demand was $15.5bn across the board, thanks to an attractive initial price guidance and the company’s strong credentials.

Korea Gas Corp opened books for a dual tranche dollar deal on Thursday, more than a month after wrapping up a roadshow in Europe. Industrial Bank of Korea and Doosan Infracore, meanwhile, have mandated banks for new dollar transactions.

Chong Hing Bank plans to replace its legacy tier two notes with new Basel III compliant additional tier two bonds. Roadshow for the new money portion will be held this week, with the exchange offer set to expire next Friday.

The European leveraged finance markets are licking their lips in anticipation of a new €2.5bn deal backing Bain and Cinven’s takeover of Stada Arzneimittel, the German generic drug manufacturer.

Greentown China Holdings snapped up $450m from a hugely popular senior perpetual transaction on Tuesday, while Central China Real Estate became the latest issuer to sell bonds with a tenor less than one year.