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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.

Siemens, the German machinery maker, found plenty of demand for a multi-tranche bond issue on Wednesday, though the inclusion of a two year fixed portion strongly suggests that floating rate notes have become unpopular among corporate issuers.

Taiwan’s Chailease International Finance Corp is returning to the loan market through its Singapore entity for a $100m deal.

China Ping An Insurance raised $600m in the bond market on Tuesday, after finding strong support from Asian investors during calls on Monday.

Hong Kong property company Hysan Development Co returned to the bond market on Tuesday, raising $400m in spite of the political turbulence that has rocked the special administrative region.

A pair of French banks visited the five year point of the Kangaroo curve on Tuesday. BPCE raised A$650m of senior preferred paper, while BNP Paribas mandated for a senior non-preferred deal.