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India’s Dewan Housing Finance Corp (DHFL) finally sold its first offshore rupee bond this week in a deal which has been two years in the making.

Fully investment grade rated China Vanke Co had a good run in the international debt market on Wednesday when compared to its real estate peers this week, raising $971m from a five year bond.

Bank of China has priced bonds denominated in US dollars, euros and Australian dollars worth $3bn-equivalent, with another two tranches in New Zealand dollars set to be priced on Wednesday. The deal, sold under different branches of the bank, reflects the relentless bid for floating rate notes (FRNs).

China SCE Property Holdings and Powerlong Real Estate Holdings paid up to complete their dollar bonds on Tuesday, but the new issue premiums were widely expected by bankers.

Korean battery maker Samsung SDI Co has raised W559.9bn ($525.2m) after offloading its stake in Samsung C&T Corp at the mid-point of guidance, according to sources close to the deal.

HNA, the Chinese conglomerate, has postponed the flotation of Swissport, the Swiss air freight handling company, citing unfavourable market conditions.

The sell-off in Russian bonds is battering emerging markets investors, who are seeing the biggest spread widening since sanctions were first imposed on the country in 2014. Not only have the bonds of freshly sanctioned Rusal tanked but other Russian companies are selling off as investors fear they may be next, and the rot is starting to spread to the wider central and eastern Europe region as well.

UBS followed Santander this week by issuing a large senior deal designed to meet loss-absorbing capacity requirements, as both banks look ahead to first quarter results.

Online game streaming platform Huya is set to launch an up to $200m listing of American Depository Shares (ADS), filing a prospectus with the US stock market regulator on Monday.

CEVA Logistics, the Swiss logistics and freight company, will provide Europe’s choppy IPO market with its first big test of investor sentiment since before the Easter holidays, having filed an intention to float document on Monday.

Six CEEMEA issuers dived into the bond markets this week, releasing roadshow details straight after the Easter break.

Private equity-owned ION Investment Group has been named as the high bidder of the two that have made last minute bids to beat Temenos in the race for UK trading technology company Fidessa.