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Tunisia raised €500m of five year paper on Wednesday with a 144A/Reg S benchmark.

South Africa is embarking on a series of investor update meetings, with no deal planned to follow.

Two Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) and State Power Investment Corp (SPIC), picked a short-lived issuance window to raise a combined $1.07bn on Wednesday.

Eurotorg, the largest supermarket chain in Belarus, has fixed a price range for its landmark IPO on the London Stock Exchange, which could value the company at almost $1bn.

Consolis, the French concrete producer owned by Bain Capital, has abandoned its €135m IPO on Euronext Paris, blaming volatile markets.

The Central Bank of Tunisia, on behalf of the sovereign, hit the market on Wednesday morning to print a five year euro benchmark.

Two Middle East credits are on screens for dollar bond, with more in the wings waiting to come to market.

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, a recently downgraded Spanish discount food retailer that issued a profits warning last week, saw its outstanding bonds fall further in the secondary market despite providing a glimmer of good news.

Oman has picked five banks to run the books for a seven year dollar benchmark, following an investor call scheduled for Tuesday.

Ukraine has hit screens for a dollar bond, coming hot on the heels of a $3.9bn loan agreement with the IMF.

Thailand Future Fund took full advantage of a wealth of domestic demand for its IPO, pricing the Bt44.7bn ($1.37bn) transaction at the top of expectations, according to a banker on the deal.

BioPharma Credit, the UK closed end investment fund that provides debt capital to the life sciences industry, is back in the market with a $150m capital increase to finance its pipeline of investment commitments.