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The Malaysian government’s strategic investment fund, Khazanah Nasional, launched a five year exchangeable sukuk worth as much as $750m on Wednesday. However, its refusal to accept anything but the most ambitious terms led it to pull the deal the following day, making it a high profile casualty in what has been a resurgent Asian equity-linked primary market this year, writes Rev Hui.

Cinven today announced that it had reached an agreement to sell French medical diagnostics firm Sebia to a consortium led by Montagu Private Equity and Astorg Partners.

Royal Bank of Canada and Commonwealth Bank of Australia took to the sterling market on Wednesday. CBA drew solid demand for a fixed rate deal in the belly of the curve, while RBC opted for an unusually long tenored floater.

Two months after Chinese hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings made headlines with its return to the market for a $300m recapitalisation loan, the deal is finally taking shape with a soft launch into general syndication this week.

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Royal Bank of Canada were both looking to sell sterling debt in the belly of the curve on Wednesday, the Australian issuer looking for fixed rate notes and the Canadian bank for floating rate paper. RBC is targeting an aggressive level compared to CBA, according to FIG syndicate managers.

Two months after Chinese hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings made headlines for its return to the market for a $300m recapitalisation loan, the deal is finally taking shape with a soft launch into general syndication this week.

Carlsberg Breweries returned to the euro bond market after an 18 month gap on Tuesday with a successful €1bn 10 year bond, though it had to contend with a market that has lost a little of its rude bullishness in the past week.

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European Investment Bank and Export Development Canada showed their Australian dollar appeal this week, selling hefty deals in the belly of the curve. Japanese demand propelled the EIB to success, allowing the issuer to sell its largest Kangaroo deal in three years.

Storming conditions in dollars this week led to a series of blow-out deals — but a large amount of supply in the last two weeks, plus uncertainty over the outcome of upcoming European elections and what the European Central Bank will do at its next meeting could mean that issuance conditions won’t be red hot for much longer. Those problems could also affect euros — where issuers considering deals at the 10 year part of the curve have the added difficulty of offering a sufficiently enticing yield.

Eurozone periphery issuers showed themselves to be resilient when tackling choppy markets, as borrowers printed a series of strong deals despite yields pogoing over the course of the week.