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Amazon dominated US corporate bond issuance this week, but aside from the online retailer’s $16bn jumbo deal, there was over $8bn of paper from five other issuers. However, bankers believe this will be the last week of material supply before the annual two week break in the US market.

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US plastics manufacturer Trinseo priced its new dollar refinancing bond deal with coupons more than 100bp tighter than the old notes. It is also marketing new term loans.

Trinseo, a US manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, opened investor calls on Monday for a new unsecured bond, as it plans to repay all of its bonds due in 2022.

John Wade has joined Mizuho Securities as head of debt capital markets for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

Ford Automotive Finance (China) is gearing up for its second auto loan ABS transaction of the year in China, with bookbuilding slated for August 17. The carmaker is hoping to take home Rmb4bn ($600.2m) from the deal — a larger size than its last trade.

The US investment grade corporate bond enjoyed a huge week of issuance as nine borrowers printed deals on Monday before British American Tobacco delivered $17.25bn on its own on Tuesday and plenty more came on Wednesday and Thursday. Bankers predict another heavy week to follow before supply slows for the traditional summer break.

Conditional books are already oversubscribed for the €240m term loan that funds the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's acquisition of Mémora, an Iberian funeral services provider.

Hong Kong-listed company Samson Paper is back in the loan market, after a two and a half year absence, for a HK$570m ($73m) refinancing.

Saka Energi Indonesia, the upstream oil and gas arm of state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara, has opened its $250m loan to retail participants through a group of six banks.

The dollar market got off to a busy start in August with US telecoms heavyweights Verizon and Comcast taking home a combined $5.5bn on the back of strong demand.

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