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Chinese companies Chindata Group Holdings and Yalla Group have kicked off their US IPOs, testing investor appetite at a time when sentiment is weak and major equity markets have taken a hit.

SolarEdge Technologies, the Nasdaq-listed Israeli smart energy company, has raised $500m by issuing a new five year convertible bond, tapping into the tremendous amount of investor appetite for ESG-friendly companies.

Chinese logistics company ZTO Express (Cayman) and biopharmaceutical firm Zai Lab wrapped up their secondary listings in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

Fresnillo plc, the Mexican mining company, will begin meeting fixed income investors on Wednesday as it becomes the latest Latin American company to seek new bonds to fund a repurchase of old ones.

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings has hit the market with a follow-on offering of new and existing American Depository Shares (ADS).

Japan could be Mexico's next debt raising destination on its quest to build a "sustainable yield curve," following last week's bond linked to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, said Gabriel Yorio, the country's deputy finance minister.

Goldman Sachs has named new global M&A bosses, with the incumbents moving to become chairs of the business.

Julius Baer was forced to postpone a new transaction amid 'worsening market conditions' on Monday, after coming close to setting a new record for the lowest ever additional tier one (AT1) coupon in dollars from a European bank.

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The World Bank visited the Maple market on Thursday to print the largest ever seven year Canadian dollar bond from a non-domestic issuer, raising C$750m ($569.8m) with a new sustainable development bond (SDB).

BBVA’s Mexican subsidiary made an opportunistic return to the international markets on Tuesday, raising dollar funding at a record low cost ahead of a bond maturing next March.

Delta Air Lines raised $6bn this week, joining the September stampede by companies to plug their bank accounts and lock in cheap funding.