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Serbia has returned to the euro market after only four months, tapping the line it opened in June this year and raising cash to refinance dollar obligations it faces in 2020.

State-owned China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) raised $2bn from three dollar bonds on Monday, making a rapid comeback to the debt market.

JP Morgan has bolstered coverage of India’s mid-cap companies, making three new hires to its commercial banking team in the country.

Globalworth, a Romania-headquartered real estate investment company, has secured a €200m revolving credit facility from a consortium of local and international lenders.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) got away without having to pay any sort of a premium for its debut non-preferred senior bond on Monday, despite having to compete for attention with Nordic peer OP Corporate Bank.

Three Ukrainian borrowers are set to come to market for hard currency paper, perhaps as early as this week. The deals are expected to go well, as investors generally believe there is good value in Ukrainian assets.

Cellnex, the Spanish telecommunications company, has closed the books on its cash call to fund its acquisition of Arqiva's tower business, attracting huge levels of demand for shares.

Cerberus Capital Management has sold more than half of its stake in Bawag, the Austrian banking group, via an accelerated bookbuild.

US and Yankee banks returned to the dollar bond market in size this week, with JP Morgan looking to break a record with its pricing of preferred shares.

Dollar volumes proved higher than expected as the US investment grade market roared back to life following earnings blackouts, with a string of front-loaded deals ahead of the Fed’s meeting on Wednesday.

French supermarket group Casino started marketing work for the bond it is relying on to unlock a new revolving credit facility, terming out its debt maturity and relieving some financial pressure.

Banks are lining up to refinance additional tier one deals ahead of their call dates in 2020, after a string of deals this week proved that yields are teetering on record lows in the market.