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VietJet Aviation sealed Vietnam’s largest IPO this week, pricing the D3.79tr ($167m) trade in the lower half of expectations and becoming a rare bright spot in an otherwise patchy market for stock sales.

Local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Xuzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone State Asset Management Co and property developer China Vanke Co announced their respective dollar-denominated bonds on Thursday, following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to lift interest rates.

CriteriaCaixa Holding, the unlisted holding company, sold another slice of CaixaBank in a €315m block trade on Tuesday night that took it a step closer to its long term goal of holding just 40% of the Barcelona-based lender.

NMC Health, the London-listed company that claims to be the leading private sector healthcare operator in the United Arab Emirates, raised £255.4m on Wednesday in an intraday equity bookbuild.

Bridgepoint launched a dividend recapitalisation term loan of its restaurant firm the Azzurri Group with a lender call on Thursday afternoon, the private equity firm's second since October.

Deutsche Telekom and Hellman & Friedman have sold a 6.5% stake in Scout24, the German classified advertising website company, for €224m, through an accelerated bookbuild launched on Monday night.

Having issued twice in the Eurobond markets last month, Russia's Gazprom has turned its attentions to the loan market with an €800m four year deal.

Calcium aluminate maker Kerneos has cancelled its proposed €445m term loan ‘B’ refinancing deal, with French industrial minerals maker Imersys set to buy the firm from sponsor Astorg Partners.

Republic of Poland has opened books on its debut green bond, marketing the deal with a “sensible” a 20bp-25bp premium, according to emerging market bankers.

Uncertainty surrounds the attempt to recapitalise Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, as news media reported today that the European Central Bank had denied its request for an extension of the deadline for it to raise €5bn, until January.

Two firms with Asian links canned their US floats this week, with InnoLight Technology Corp and Ironshore announcing they have dropped their listing plans.

Banca Monte dei Paschi, and all involved in attempts to recapitalise it, are waiting for decisions from the European Central Bank, which will determine how its €5bn equity raising proceeds.