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AstraZeneca, the UK drug maker, hit the euro market on Wednesday after printing $7bn across the Atlantic a day earlier. The borrower is building up funds to pay for its $39bn acquisition of US rival Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

Mizuho's new head of linear rates trading, Jason Cohen, has made three hires as he looks to build a franchise for the Japanese bank in EMEA.

SAIC Motor Corp’s auto financing arm is bringing a rare green auto loan deal to China’s ABS market. It is set to price the Rmb910m ($142m) transaction next week.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market had a distinctly Spanish flavour on Tuesday as Cellnex and Merlin Properties issued. Some analysts predict that the healthy earnings season might mean a 15% rise in bond issuance from the European market.

Three Chinese borrowers and one Hong Kong issuer hit the international bond market on Monday, getting ahead of a pick-up in deal flow expected in the rest of the week.

South African bank Investec is inviting Asian lenders to join a $450m sustainability-linked loan that is being syndicated globally.

The ABS frenzy in China’s domestic market continued unabated this week, with three more originators launching their transactions. This included BYD Auto Finance Co, which made its internationally rated debut.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond issuers had a tough week in the primary market after inflation fears sent investors fleeing risk.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond issuers had a second tough day running on Thursday, as secondary spreads inched wider and investors proved lukewarm to new issuance.

JD Logistics wrapped up its jumbo Hong Kong IPO on Thursday after a strong turnout from institutional investors, attracted to the company’s fair valuation and its parent’s credentials. The multi-billion-dollar listing is set to be the city’s largest float since the beginning of the year, writes Jonathan Breen.

Europe’s corporate bond buyers shied away from riskier deals on Wednesday as equity markets plunged, leaving a junk rated hybrid from SES to limp over the line while other credits fared better.

American Tower Corp, the US wireless infrastructure company, printed the biggest euro high grade corporate bond of the day on Tuesday, to finance its expansion into Europe and Latin America.