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Malaysia Airports Holdings raised MR980m ($299m) via an accelerated bookbuild on Monday as it looks to put the finishing touch to its acquisition of a controlling stake in Turkey’s Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport.

Beijing based iKang Healthcare Group filed for a $150m Nasdaq IPO on Monday as the list of Chinese companies looking to tap the US equities market for funding continues to grow.

Danish outsourcing firm, ISS launched bookbuilding on its Dkr8.1bn ($1.5bn) IPO on Monday, hoping that a chunky discount to peers will help it avoid the difficulties of previous attempts.

Pork processor Shuanghui International’s $6bn Hong Kong IPO is now likely to come in April, according to a banker close to the trade.

Brazilian lender Banco Safra sold its debut Swiss franc deal on Thursday. A strong response from investors allowed the bank to sell the largest deal in the currency from a LatAm financial.

Nationwide Building Society has thrown its hat into the ring for selling additional tier one debt, mandating lead arrangers to gauge interest in what would be the first such deal to be denominated in sterling and the first AT1 paper to be sold by a non-bank institution.

The dam opened again in the US corporate bond market this week and a torrent of issues poured out, as companies emerged from earnings blackouts and turned the week into the busiest for corporate high grade issuance so far this year.

ICBC International Holdings has priced the debut offering from its recently signed $1.2bn MTN programme, offering investors a new issue premium to encourage participation.

Australian lender Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sold its debut Swiss franc bond on Tuesday, benefiting from investor interest in a greater variety of Australian issuers.

Unilever refinanced a three year dim sum bond at 2.95% on February 21, much higher than the original bond’s coupon of 1.15%, as the market grows increasingly investor friendly.

Royal Bank of Scotland completed its final sale of UK insurer Direct Line on Wednesday night, with bankers hailing a smoothly executed deal that was priced with no discount on a morning of otherwise terrible news for the Scottish lender.

The run of Russian bank bonds continues despite escalating tensions in the Ukraine, with Promsvyazbank picking leads for its first tier two transaction under Russia's new Basel III rules.