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The overwhelming supply of international bonds from Asia continued on Tuesday, as issuers dashed to raise dollars, and in one case, sterling. But not every borrower was able to cross the finish line.

Future Retail threw open the door for India's retail shopping sector on Tuesday with its $500m debut bond, getting a solid book of $3bn for the transaction.

SMC Global Power Holdings Corp took advantage of an exceptionally bullish credit market, getting a peak order book of around $5bn for a $600m deal.

JP Morgan and MUFG have been appointed Everton FC’s financial advisers to arrange roughly £500m ($651m) of financing for the football club’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool. One source close to the prospective deal told GlobalCapital “all options are on the table” regarding funding routes.

Spain and Cyprus attracted strong demand for their syndicated bonds on Tuesday, with the former receiving the largest ever order book for a public sector euro benchmark. Italy and Belgium will add to the eurozone sovereign supply on Wednesday after mandating leads for new 30 and 10 year trades, respectively.

Prosus, the Dutch-based consumer internet company spun off by Naspers in September, has launched a $1.25bn 10 year bond, days after it failed to convince shareholders in takeaway delivery group Just Eat to sell it the company.

KfW and Canada both launched dollar benchmarks on Wednesday, bringing a pair of highly subscribed and tight deals. Following their success, two Asian SSA issuers prepare to join the busy dollar market.

Europe’s primary equity-linked market has reopened, with a new €125m convertible bond from Pharming Group, the Dutch speciality pharmaceuticals company.

Emerging markets telecommunications firm Veon, formerly Vimpelcom, is topping up the $700m 4% April 2025s it sold in October by up to $300m, seemingly aiming to complete the size of bond originally planned.

The European Financial Stability Facility took the spotlight in the euro public sector bond market on Monday with an intraday execution ahead of a busy week. The European Investment Bank, Council of Europe Development Bank, Spain and Cyprus have all announced new deals.

The sluggish European loan market has been dealt another blow this week, after Takeaway.com got overwhelming support for its all share merger with Just Eat to kill a £5.5bn ($7.16bn) loan funded rival offer from Prosus.

Unione di Banche Italiane was close to 14 times subscribed for a €400m additional tier one (AT1) in the euro market on Monday, as it capitalised on expectations of scarce supply in the asset class. The debut deal means the bank will become the fourth Italian issuer of AT1 capital.