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A recent ratings outlook upgrade for Hong Kong developer Nan Fung International Holdings gave it a fillip, helping it raise $500m from a 10 year bond issuance on Tuesday.

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) made its first jump into the bond market on Tuesday, taking home a larger-than-expected $600m after investors embraced the rare Philippine issuance.

Chinese electric car maker Nio launched its US IPO, looking to pocket up to $1.3bn amid strong interest from investors for stocks in the sector.

The autumn term has definitely begun in Europe’s corporate bond market. BMW and Daimler, which launched deals last week, may have been the scholarship swots who returned extra-early, but this week the whole sweaty gang of issuers is back en masse, and making plenty of noise.

Signs of a revival in primary bond market activity were evident on Tuesday when four Asian issuers ventured out for new dollar transactions, setting the stage for what is set to be a busy September.

Polish bank mBank is embarking on a roadshow to market the first euro denominated international public bond from the CEEMEA region in over a month, and the first since Turkey’s currency crisis triggered a wave of selling across emerging market debt.

San Miguel Food & Beverage is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the largest stock sales out of southeast Asia in the second half of this year.

European corporate bond market participants are enviously looking at their counterparts in the financial and SSA sectors as supply started to flow again in those areas this week. There is no sign yet of any corporate bond issuers returning from the summer hiatus, but investors have clear ideas about what they want.

The pipeline of Asian IPOs headed for the US is shaping up for September, with the latest crop of issuers all starting to drum up investor interest.

Petrofac has turned to bilateral financing to reduce its reliance on its existing revolving credit facility, with three banks providing the UK-headquartered oil field services company with separate credit lines.

The US corporate bond market continued at a strong pace this week, ignoring the lure of the beach that sees its European counterparts' new issue flow slow to a standstill in August. More than $22bn of bonds were sold in the first three days of the week and around half of that was raised by United Technologies Corp.

Integrated online healthcare provider 111 filed draft documents on Wednesday for a potential $200m issue of American Depository Shares (ADS).