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Consus Real Estate, the German real estate developer, has raised €200m by issuing a convertible bond today to continue its growth push.

Deals topping €1bn are becoming more common in the European leveraged loan market, pushing gross issuance to annual record levels. CeramTec announced the latest, with a €1.1bn leveraged buyout.

China’s Liaoning Fangda Group Industrial Co and BlueFocus Communication Group Co are meeting investors this week for their first international bond offerings. Huarong Real Estate Co, meanwhile, will hit the road for a euro deal.

Chinese lithium producer Tianqi Lithium Corp is bringing some diversity to the debt market with its inaugural offering of a dollar bond.

Chiyu Banking Corp and Orient Securities Co have mandated firms to run new dollar bond deals, with roadshows set to start on Monday.

Edelweiss Financial Services has added Rp15bn ($229.6m) to its coffers after pricing its qualified institutional placement at the bottom of the range.

Chinese property company Xinyuan Real Estate Co raised $200m from a 2020 transaction on Wednesday, managing to price the deal in a difficult environment.

The De’Longhi family, founders of the Italian maker of coffee machines and kitchen appliances, sold a block of shares in the company on Tuesday night, for the first time since 2012. The shares fell 13% on Wednesday.

Investors are keeping pace with heavy issuance in the European leveraged loan market, with ticket sizes increasing in response to a rush of jumbo sized loans this week, including a $2.4bn equivalent deal from Paysafe.

Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust is taking another stab at a Singapore IPO after it was forced to scrap the trade in September, returning with a smaller €555.7m ($657.9m) deal.

Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Public Co has kicked off bookbuilding for a potential Bt23.9bn ($726.3m) IPO, set to be the largest listing in the country in nearly three years.

Chinese issuers Xinyuan Real Estate Co and Hong Yang Group Company are attracting bids for new dollar transactions, while Oceanwide Holdings Co is set to hold a two-day roadshow in Hong Kong.