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CNP Assurances ventured out with a rare tier three deal on Tuesday, becoming only the second issuer this year to tap the format in euros.

Chinese toy company Pop Mart International Group has launched its IPO, looking to fund expansion with up to HK$5.2bn ($674m) in fresh capital.

China's Harbour Biomed, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has hit the road for its up to HK$1.8bn ($230.4m) listing.

Italy returned to the private placement market to print one of the year’s largest MTNs on Thursday. The deal stood out this week, since issuance in the market has started to wind down ahead of Christmas.

Sunac China Holdings tapped two of its dollar bonds on Thursday, using up the $320m left of its offshore issuance quota.

Turkey raised a dollar bond on Tuesday, pricing $2.25bn of 10 year funding flat to its curve, demonstrating that investors believe it is recovering after a period of financial peril.

Less than a week after Turkey made a long desired increase in interest rates hike, the sovereign has returned to the bond market for a last gasp bond deal before the market starts to run down for the year. The situation is giving market insiders confidence that Turkey is returning to orthodox policy making.

Peru grabbed the bond market’s attention on Monday with a $4bn triple-tranche issue including a 100 year bond despite the country being on its third president this month. But the country’s public treasury director said it was the all-in yield, not the desire to make headlines, that drove Peru to become the fourth Latin American borrower ever to sell a century bond.

Banks were busy issuing sub-benchmark sized deals in the euro public market last week, prompting several issuers to follow suit in the MTN market.

Chinese cosmetics company Yatsen Holdings saw its shares spike 75% on their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, after the firm priced its IPO at the top of the marketed range.

Chinese housing-related platform operator Ke Holdings has raised $2.05bn from a fresh follow-on offering of its New York-listed shares, returning to the equity market less than three months after its IPO.

UK aerospace company Rolls-Royce managed a smooth landing for its mid-pandemic equity raise despite turbulence within its inner circle of advisers. It was a triumph for strong management, writes David Rothnie.