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Chinese online consumer finance provider VCredit Holdings filed a draft IPO prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday. It is expected to float on the bourse as early as April, according to a source close to the deal.

Standard Chartered has hired a JP Morgan banker to lead part of its North American corporates team.

Two SSA borrowers readied trades in the dollar market on Monday, lining up for a busy week of issuance.

Siemens has chosen to set a price range designed to please investors on the IPO of its medical technology division Siemens Healthineers, rather than seeking an aggressive valuation.

Austrian wood products manufacturer Egger Holzwerkstoffe sold its third hybrid capital deal on Monday, with its largest size and lowest coupon to date. At the same time, Brisbane Airport announced plans to diversify its investor base.

A debut trade from Stark Group, the Nordic building materials supplier, gave high yield investors their first chance to invest in single-B rated bonds in about a month. The deal announcement arrived while market participants were still assessing the victory of Eurosceptic parties in the weekend's general election in Italy.

Georgia Capital, the investment arm of Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), had the sole attention of EM investors on Monday with a new six year note.

Chinese after-school education provider OneSmart International Education Group has filed an IPO prospectus with the US market regulator for a New York Stock Exchange listing of up to $300m.

Saudi Arabia has increased its loan from $10bn to $16bn as banks line up to join the facility, according to a statement from its Debt Management Office (DMO).

Brian Gu, one of JP Morgan’s most senior investment bankers in Asia, has left the bank to join Chinese electric car startup XPENG Motors.

An awful lot of capital and financial market participants are relaxed about Sunday's Italian election, predicting that coalitions and deadlock will remain a staple of Italy's political system. But others urge caution — and hedging — while the going is good for fear that complacency is taking hold, writes Costas Mourselas.

Sunday's Italian election is looming in the minds of those in the European SSA market. But despite the political risk posed, there is next to no volatility in evidence.