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Phoenix Tree Holdings, a Chinese co-living platform, has started taking orders for its up to $175m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Investors piled into the euro public sector bond market on Wednesday, allowing borrowers to achieve well subscribed order books and minimal new issue concessions for a range of maturities.

Two dollar benchmarks hit screens on Wednesday. While the issuers achieved good results, the volatility caused by Iran’s missile strike on US bases meant that the deals met with less hungry investors.

Seven Chinese real estate issuers followed five of their peers to the offshore debt market on Tuesday, marking the busiest start to the year for the Asian bond market.

Some of the SSA market's biggest names are already out for chunky dollar benchmarks, getting off the mark quickly in spite of some sharp moves in swap spreads. Most deals have gone well, but not everything has been a smooth ride.

A strong reception for a five year euro benchmark by KfW on Tuesday was enough to lure in a hesitant flock of public sector borrowers to the euro market as the pipeline stacks up for Wednesday’s business.

The Republic of Slovenia became the first CEEMEA issuer to print a bond this decade, quickly launching a €1.5bn deal from a book of €11.75bn on Tuesday.

A number of Chinese real estate companies kicked off their refinancing for 2020 on Monday, with higher rated issuers tapping longer-dated bonds and the weaker names actively engaging in liability management.

Chinese artificial intelligence company Megvii Technology is moving forward with its plan to list in Hong Kong, after getting the go-ahead from the city’s stock exchange, according to two sources close to the transaction.

KfW broke new ground in the sterling bond market on Monday by bringing its largest ever benchmark in the currency. Kommunalbanken is looking to latch on to the red hot market too after picking banks to lead a new December 2024 trade.

Atlantica Yield, formerly the UK-based energy yieldco Abengoa Yield, has launched a debut US private placement, which is the first US PP offering in 2020 in Europe.

JP Morgan was the top bookrunner for investment-grade syndicated loans globally in 2019 again, though BNP Paribas was the bank to beat in Europe.