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German medical homecare provider GHD Gesundheits has shortened the deadline for commitments on a €355m loan to back its buyout by Nordic Capital.

Xiaomi’s $1bn financing has become a talking point among bankers. The Chinese mobile phone company has ambitious plans for expansion but there is concern in some quarters over how it has chosen to execute its debut. The company should brace itself for an uphill climb. Closing this deal isn’t going to be easy.

Yue Xiu Enterprises has made its debut in the equity-linked market with a $200m exchangeable bond, in a deal that saw a solid bookbuilding process with outrights flooding in to the transaction.

PizzaExpress, the UK restaurant chain, wants to issue £610m of notes to fund its leveraged buyout by Chinese private equity firm Hony Capital.

Indonesian telecommunications company Tower Bersama Group has sealed a loan of $300m dual currency loan, exercising the $100m greenshoe after the deal was oversubscribed.

Tata Steel is kicking off investor meetings for what could be an inaugural dollar and euro denominated deal this week. In addition to being the latest in a string of Indian borrowers to explore the euro market this year, the company joins a club of high yield issuers from India that are surfacing in dollars.

Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) is looking to make its first dollar issue in nearly ten years, having been absent from the currency since October 2005. The quasi-sovereign’s announcement comes amid a rally in Chinese investment grade dollar-denominated bonds.

The Ministry of Strategy & Finance of the Republic of Korea has yet again sold a chunk of its shares in Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK). The strong investor demand allowing the government to increase the size of its sale by a whopping 46% to W364.2bn ($353m).

Property duo Sino-Ocean Land and Sunshine 100 are meeting investors next week in connection with a possible dollar offerings.

China Unicom, which was the first Chinese borrower from the telco sector to access the dim sum market, has returned to the offshore RMB market. The borrower priced a two year offering on July 17.

Europcar, the French car rental company, has issued €350m of senior secured notes to finance the call of its 2017 bonds.

The levloan market heralded the return of television content producers this week as Endemol set guidance on its €1.35bn refinancing loan and Liberty Global announced its intention to raise loans backing its latest acquisition.