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China Huadian Corp priced a $500m bond on Monday, riding on the improvement in market sentiment to reopen the perpetual market for state-owned enterprises.

Finland’s Municipality Finance returned to the domestic New Zealand dollar bond market on Friday after a long absence, to raise its largest Kauri bond since 2008.

Chinese e-commerce company JD.com is set to raise HK$30.1bn ($3.87bn) from its Hong Kong secondary listing, according to a source familiar with the matter.

China Mengniu Dairy Co hit the debt market straight after a profit warning, but still managed to attract investors to its $800m dual-tranche bond, tightening pricing on both portions by 80bp.

Northern Powergrid, the UK energy distribution company, brought the longest sterling deal of the year so far with a 42 year trade on Tuesday, as syndicate bankers say that European investors are keen to see more long duration trades.

Hong Kong’s Champion Reit sold a tightly priced $300m bond on Monday, enticing investors with its rarity in the international market.

The corporate bond market made a promising start to the week with oil company OMV’s dual tranche bonds and Deutsche Börse’s hybrid trade commanding sizeable books and big price moves, which bodes well for the spate of mandates that have landed on investors’ screens.

Chinese e-commerce company JD.com covered its Hong Kong secondary listing within a few hours of opening bookbuilding late last Friday evening, with orders continuing to pour in on Monday.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market saw a steady stream of trades this week, with the bigger than expected fresh wave of bond buying announced by the European Central Bank forecast to keep the rally in corporate credit going.

Engie, the French electricity and gas company, braved the markets alone as the European Central Bank met on Thursday, with the bigger than expected fresh wave of bond buying announced forecast to keep the rally in corporate credit going.

Hongkong Electric skipped a roadshow for its return to the dollar bond market after a four-year hiatus, relying on its rarity value and the defensive nature of the utilities sector to raise $500m.

Citic Securities Co made its first dollar bond outing of the year on Wednesday, raising $1bn from a dual-tranche deal.