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China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) fetched $3bn from a multi-tranche dollar deal on Monday that saw a 30 note added mid-way due to reverse enquiry. But unlike its last outing, the oil and gas giant kept the size relatively small in favour of tight pricing.

Alibaba Group Holdings has wound up its latest five year bullet at an increased size of $4bn after attracting robust demand during general syndication.

Numis Securities’ bold block trade in Saga shares on Thursday night has catapulted it into the top 10 in Dealogic’s equity capital markets league table for 2016.

Inovyn, the UK-headquartered chorvinyls (PVC) producer 50% owned by Ineos, has set price guidance on its €835m term loan ‘B’ backing its €335m buyout of equity partner Solvay.

Spanish IT company Amadeus will complete its €500m revolving credit facility later this week with some changes to its bank group, according to a banker familiar with the deal.

Bankinter will begin meeting investors for a sale of additional tier one bonds on Wednesday, while fellow Spaniard Banco Sabadell and Italy’s UBI Banca are also set to issue capital in the next few days.

JP Morgan paid a negligible premium for a 10.5 year euro senior unsecured deal on Monday, as it became the last major US bank to issue following earnings.

Citi has named a new head of its EMEA FIG investment banking group, hiring Piers Davison, former EMEA head of banks and UK head of FIG at JP Morgan.

The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to include insurance companies in its Corporate Sector Purchase Programme (CSPP), helped JP Morgan’s Sfr200m bond on Friday, allowing undersupplied Swiss investors a chance to buy.

BOC Aviation has begun investor education for its $2bn IPO in Hong Kong, with pre-marketing expected to continue into the early part of next week, said a source close to the transaction.

Oil and gas giant China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) opened books for a 144A/Reg S triple-tranche dollar offering on Monday, taking advantage of a buoyant primary Asian bond market.

PQ Corp, the US inorganic chemicals producer, and Inovyn, the UK-headquartered chorvinyls producer — both partly owned by Ineos, the petrochemicals company — are marketing over $2bn of refinancing debt over the coming days.