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Chinese e-commerce company JD.com will open books for its Hong Kong secondary listing on Friday after the markets close, according to two sources close to the deal.

A trio of double-A rated SSA names from South Korea, Central America and France tapped the Swiss franc market this week, raising a combined Sfr550m ($575.8m) and paving the way for other similar issuers to follow.

Chinese property developer Kaisa Group Holdings reset the price for all of its bonds on Wednesday when it sold a $300m sub-one year note.

Real estate developer China Vanke raised HK$7.89bn ($1.02bn) on Wednesday from a sale of fresh equity.

Nordea Bank took advantage of very attractive conditions in the dollar market this week to price a new senior deal at a spread that was well below the fair value implied by secondary trading levels.

Chinese online game developer NetEase had covered its HK$21.6bn ($2.8bn) secondary listing in Hong Kong multiple times over by the time GlobalCapital Asia went to press on Thursday. Investors have long awaited the company’s return from the US, pumping in orders as markets rallied despite numerous geopolitical headlines. Jonathan Breen reports.

Hongkong Electric skipped a roadshow for its return to the dollar bond market after a four-year hiatus, relying on its rarity value and the defensive nature of the utilities sector to raise $500m.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp sold its largest every Australian dollar deal on Tuesday, scooping up A$2.4bn ($1.6bn) of senior unsecured paper through its Sydney branch.

Online game developer NetEase has begun bookbuilding for its long-awaited Hong Kong secondary offering. The company is aiming to raise around HK$21.6bn ($2.8bn).

A pair of foreign banks mandated senior unsecured Australian dollar transactions on Monday: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp is out with initial price thoughts through its Sydney branch, while the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is preparing a Kangaroo benchmark.

Geely Automobile Holdings has tapped the equity market for the first time for 11 years, raising HK$6.48bn ($836m) from an overnight share sale.

Firmenich, the Swiss fragrances company, reopened Europe’s corporate hybrid market on Wednesday, as similar deals lined up from companies including Dutch utility firm Tennet.