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Turkcell has mandated BNP Paribas, Citi and HSBC for a debut dollar bond and is set to meet investors in the US and Europe next week ahead of the deal.

China Development Bank is set to meet investors from September 21 in Europe ahead of issuing bonds in multiple currencies.

China Reinsurance Corp and CICC passed their respective listing hearings with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 17, clearing the way for a pair of chunky IPOs in the city.

Chinese paediatric nutrition company, Biostime International, has signed a $450m one year bridge loan to fund its acquisition of Australian firm Swisse Wellness.

Bankers are preparing for a torrent of dollar high grade issuance after the US Federal Reserve voted to keep rates on hold on Thursday.

Covered bond issuers failed to take heed of poor market conditions and, just like lemmings, followed one another with poorly performing deals this week.

Sanofi, the French pharmaceuticals company, priced a €2bn three tranche bond on Monday amid heavy supply in the European corporate bond market.

Two state owned corporations, La Poste and Adif Alta Velocidad, this week avoided paying the wider new issue premiums that many corporate issuers have been forced to concede.

Kuxtabank this week issued the first Spanish covered bond backed by loans with an environmental, social and governance remit, and the first peripheral 10 year since March.

Public sector borrowers have been printing floating rate medium term notes in dollars as investors look to avoid interest rate risk ahead of Thursday’s US Federal Reserve meeting, say bankers.

The Republic of Latvia sold its €500m 10 year bond on Wednesday attracting a €800m book and a new SSA investor base.

HSBC has promoted Sean Henderson to the role of deputy head of debt capital markets for Asia Pacific, as well as head of capital financing for Singapore, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.