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A wide gamut of deals across asset classes filtered through the Swiss franc market this week. Gyrations in swaps allowed Crédit Agricole to come flat on euros on Thursday, while also giving investors a great deal on a long end Lausanne trade.

Bonds of Unilever, the consumer goods firm, jumped on Thursday, despite it being a day of risk aversion in the markets, after it announced plans to merge its Dutch and UK entities. Unilever billed the move as simplifying its corporate structure to prepare for what it expects to be "the increasingly dynamic business environment that the Covid-19 pandemic will create" — as bankers predict industrial shake-ups will lead to mergers and acquisitions.

Chinese property companies continued to pile in to the dollar bond market on Wednesday, with Radiance Group Co and Powerlong Real Estate Holdings using up their remaining fundraising quotas.

Chinese e-commerce company JD.com is set to raise HK$30.1bn ($3.87bn) from its Hong Kong secondary listing, according to a source familiar with the matter.

UPL Corp broke a month-long absence of Indian issuers in the international debt market, raising $500m from investors.

Chinese real estate companies China Fortune Land Development and Ronshine China Holdings raised a combined $550m in the bond market on Tuesday, but their tight pricing did not appeal to all investors.

UniCredit is only the second Italian bank to have accessed public primary bond markets during the coronavirus pandemic, but other lenders from the periphery of the eurozone are now lining up to bring deals of their own.

Hong Kong’s Champion Reit sold a tightly priced $300m bond on Monday, enticing investors with its rarity in the international market.

La Banque Postale and Société Générale took advantage of favourable conditions in the financial institutions bond market on Monday to launch non-preferred senior deals in euros and make progress towards completing their 2020 funding plans.

ABN Amro and Commerzbank have proven that the additional tier one (AT1) market is wide open for business, after they clocked up more than €17bn of combined demand for their two new deals on Monday.

Chinese e-commerce company JD.com covered its Hong Kong secondary listing within a few hours of opening bookbuilding late last Friday evening, with orders continuing to pour in on Monday.

Chinese online game developer NetEase has raised HK$21.1bn ($2.7bn) from its secondary offering in Hong Kong, riding on strong investor support for its listing, according to a senior banker on the deal.