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The world’s largest pork processor WH Group, or formerly known as Shuanghui International, now has a record 28 banks working on its jumbo $5bn-$6bn IPO, according to bankers on the transaction.

First Gulf Bank sold its inaugural Kangaroo trade on Tuesday morning, a five year deal. Despite securing an oversubscribed order book, the issuer chose to keep the size of the trade modest in order to maximise the Australian distribution of the bonds.

First Gulf Bank is set to price its debut Kangaroo bond on Tuesday, becoming the second financial from the Middle East to sell bonds in the format this year.

Nasdaq-listed China Mobile Games and Entertaintment (CMGE) raised $82.6m by selling new American Depositary Shares on March 20.

Spanish pharmaceutical company Almirall sold its debut high yield bond a day early on Wednesday afternoon, with a well oversubscribed book.

Spanish pharmaceuticals company Grifols has completed the jumbo refinancing of $4.8bn-equivalent of transatlantic loans.

Ceva Sante Animale, the veterinary vaccines maker, expects to receive initial commitments to a €668m-equivalent term loan on Friday, as it seeks to refinance debt using an aggressive covenant-lite structure.

Spanish pharmaceutical company Almirall wants to issue €325m of debut high yield bonds to refinance debt.

China Zhongwang Holdings opened up a $500m three year term loan to the market on Friday, March 14, via six mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. But for lenders eyeing the deal, the top level is still up for grabs.

Nasdaq-listed China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (CMGE) is tapping the US equities market for $100m of new capital, launching a placement of new American Depositary Shares on March 14.

Investors in long dated senior unsecured debt appeared to have abandoned their yield targets this week, sending coupons below 3% on a Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel fixed rate transaction, amid one of the busiest weeks of activity in the senior unsecured financials market this year.

Bank of Ireland returned to the covered bond market on Tuesday to issue its fifth deal since November 2012, when it returned after the Irish sovereign debt crisis. The transaction was well oversubscribed with plenty of orders, but less spectacularly so than on previous issues.