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UnitedHealth Group rescued an otherwise lacklustre week for high grade dollar bond issuance with a $4bn deal as earnings blackouts kept a lid on supply.

Zhongrong Xinda Group Co and Jiangsu Nantong Sanjian Construction Group Co (JNTC) are set to make their debuts in the international bond market on Thursday, as Tongchuangjiuding Investment Management Group Co returns for a tap.

Italian telecoms firm Wind called on the high yield market on Wednesday, as it planned to refinance most of its debt with a dual currency five tranche offering, deploying 20 bookrunners in the process.

A $2.5bn refinancing by Reliance Industries (RIL) and its telecommunications arm, Reliance Jio Infocomm, has been opened to retail participants.

Danske Bank has hired a new director for its loan syndications team in London, who was previously a vice-president on ING.

Berlin Hyp has become the latest FIG issuer to enter the green senior unsecured market in euros, after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and Mizuho Financial Group opened up issuance from Japan earlier this month.

Panamanian commercial lender Banco General is distributing a $500m loan into the Asian market, the second time it has tapped bank liquidity in the region.

The mandate for Reliance Industries’ $2.5bn refinancing has been revealed. The deal will consist of three portions, the bulk of which will replace a $1.5bn loan taken by one of its subsidiaries in late 2014.

Dongfeng-Nissan Auto Finance has tapped the Chinese asset-backed securities (ABS) market for a third time this year with a Rmb3.5bn ($531.9m) two-tranche deal. The company made its first attempt to attract foreign investors trading through Bond Connect in the October 12 deal – with mixed results.

Northrop Grumman and Wal-Mart printed the biggest deals in their history as event-driven dollar bond supply roared back to life following the Columbus Day holiday.

Italian gas utility Snam repeated the new issue-and-tender strategy it used in 2016 as it printed its third ever 10 year bond on Tuesday. The company was not able to replicate the zero new issue premium it achieved 12 months ago, but did still price at a very tight spread.

Mizuho Financial Group came to the market with a bond financing green projects on Tuesday, becoming the second Japanese bank to do a green euro deal in two weeks.