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Latin America’s rising star Paraguay took advantage of low sovereign issuance from the region so far this year to tap existing 30 year bonds with a negative new issue concession, according to debt capital markets bankers.

A pair of Asian SSA issuers joined a busy dollar market on Wednesday, bringing three and 10 year deals. Demand for three year dollar paper is high, with two more issuers set to join the fray on Thursday.

Demand for senior trades from Commerzbank and Raiffeisen Bank International this week reflected a softness in secondary performance, as well as a slowdown in the primary market as European banks enter blackout season.

Capital Group, one of the largest asset managers in the US, bought 13.45m shares in NMC Health on January 8, according to a disclosure on the London Stock Exchange. They were worth about £160m. That was the day after a £375m block trade by Saeed Al Qebaisi and Khaleefa Al Muhairi, two of the three controlling shareholders in the UAE health company, which faced criticism from short-seller Muddy Waters of its balance sheet and financial statements in December.

The Carlyle Group, a US-based multinational private equity firm, offloaded its position in China Literature this week through a HK$1.53bn ($196m) overnight block trade.

JP Morgan and MUFG have been appointed Everton FC’s financial advisers to arrange roughly £500m ($651m) of financing for the football club’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool. One source close to the prospective deal told GlobalCapital “all options are on the table” regarding funding routes.

KfW and Canada both launched dollar benchmarks on Wednesday, bringing a pair of highly subscribed and tight deals. Following their success, two Asian SSA issuers prepare to join the busy dollar market.

Banco BPM did not need to pay a new issue premium to follow UBI Banca with the sale of an additional tier one (AT1) on Tuesday, as Italian banks make the most of an 'issuer's market' at the beginning of 2020.

Anta Sports Products, a Chinese sportswear manufacturer and retailer, had to navigate a number of roadblocks to print a €1bn zero coupon convertible bond to refinance loans in the currency.

KfW picked banks on Monday to lead the dollar market's first three year SSA deal of the year, while infrequent issuer Canada is looking to ride the recent wave of five year dollar supply after appointing banks to lead a new benchmark deal.

The sluggish European loan market has been dealt another blow this week, after Takeaway.com got overwhelming support for its all share merger with Just Eat to kill a £5.5bn ($7.16bn) loan funded rival offer from Prosus.

Hong Kong-listed Anta Sports Products hit the market with a €1bn convertible bond on Monday after the close of business, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.