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American International Group (AIG) is looking to raise as much as HK$3.93bn ($507m) by offloading some of its shares in PICC Property & Casualty, launching the block trade on the evening of March 30.

The sudden bankruptcy of OW Bunker, the world’s largest shipping fuel supplier and Denmark’s third largest company by sales, in November last year shocked the equity capital markets.

Teva Pharmaceuticals priced its largest euro-denominated bond on Tuesday with a dual tranche eight and 12 year which came roughly flat to the dollar equivalent, according to bankers.

The UK government’s sale of Lloyds stock has passed another milestone, with the government’s stake falling through the 22% mark.

KfW equalled its largest ever size for a five year dollar benchmark on Thursday, in its first visit to the belly of the curve in over a year.

South Korea’s Cowell e Holdings has raised HK$884m ($114m) by pricing its IPO just above the bottom of the price range, as concerns about a possible overhang following the listing and the company’s excessive dependence on Apple caused some price sensitivity.

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The spate of very large and strategic block trades has continued this week, with sales of stock in Accor, Dassault Aviation, the London Stock Exchange and Havas, totalling an expected €5.2bn.

Hoist Finance, the Swedish firm that buys and manages unsecured non-performing consumer loans, shot up on Wednesday on the start of trading after its successful Skr2.5bn ($295m) Stockholm listing.

Air France KLM successfully issued its first hybrid bond on Wednesday, a €400m perpetual non-call 5.5 year.

A German agency looks set to be the only SSA issuer to test demand in dollars this week, after mandating banks on Wednesday for a five year deal.

Teva Pharmaceuticals priced its largest euro-denominated bond on Tuesday with a dual tranche eight and 12 year which came roughly flat to the dollar equivalent, according to bankers.