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Acotec Scientific Holdings, a medical device maker, has hit the market for an up to HK$1.63bn ($209.9m) IPO, already backed by a host of Chinese cornerstone investors.

Standard Chartered opened books for a dollar additional tier one (AT1) bond on Tuesday, pairing the new issue with an early tender for its perpetual non-call April 2022 note.

China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) found strong support for its $550m 10 year bond, defying initial concerns around volatility in longer tenors.

Canned fruit and vegetables producer Del Monte Philippines has put its IPO on hold due to a jump in volatility and renewed Covid-19 lockdowns in the country.

Indian agribusiness company Adani Wilmar has filed draft documents with the securities regulator for a Rp45bn ($605.6m) IPO.

PB Fintech, parent of online insurance platform Policybazaar, has filed initials documents for a Rp60.17bn ($809.2m) IPO in India.

TechnipFMC, the French-US energy technologies group, executed on Thursday night its second block sale of shares in Technip Energies, the engineering and construction subsidiary it span off in February. Despite the holiday season, the parent achieved a fractionally higher price than in the last trade and a significantly tighter discount.

Morgan Stanley ventured north of the 49th parallel this week to visit a Maple bond market that is on course for its busiest year for financial institutions issuance since the 2008 financial crisis.

Oi, the Brazilian telecom company, re-entered international debt markets this week to raise almost $1bn of short-dated paper.

PeopleCert, a UK firm that specialises in certifying professional skills, is marketing €300m of senior secured high yield notes, to finance the acquisition of UK peer Axelos.

Valeo, the French auto parts maker, and US exchange company Nasdaq brushed off any worries of contagion from a weak sterling market to print bonds in euros flat to fair value on Tuesday, with the issuers able to take full advantage of the an exceptionally quiet market.

Apex Partners has cut its stake in TietoEvry, the Finnish software and IT services company, via an accelerated bookbuild.