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CVC-backed financial technology firm Sisal Pay is marketing a €530m issue of senior floating-rate notes to finance a merger with Intesa Sanpaolo-owned Banca 5’s payments business. The new venture is aiming to be the next Nexi, another Italian fintech star that listed recently and has had success in the high yield bond market too.

A director working on debt advisory and structuring at Barclays is leaving the bank to take up a new job on the buy-side.

UBS has reorganised the senior management team of its global banking business in Asia Pacific, less than three months after revamping its investment banking unit globally.

Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automobile Holdings came out with its first perpetual deal this week, raising $500m while paying a small premium over its outstanding senior bond.

Bank of China’s Macau branch guaranteed a $600m bond for Bank of China Group Investment (BOCGI) that was issued through a special purpose vehicle — a structure that has fallen out of favour among the big Chinese banks.

Chinese power company SDIC Power Holdings is moving forward with its plan to list global depositary receipts on the London Stock Exchange to fund global expansion and its clean energy drive.

Russian conglomerate Sistema and the Russia-China Investment Fund have sold a Rb15.9bn ($249.7m) chunk of stock in Detsky Mir, the Russian toy store, after a fully marketed offering designed to boost the freefloat of the company and diversify the shareholder base.

Anton Oilfield Services Group returned to the the dollar market on Thursday after a two-year break. The company's story has changed since its last bond sale, and investors were ready to embrace the improved credit.

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Hong Kong-listed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has tapped an existing convertible bond for $232m.

Hong Kong’s PCGI Intermediate Holdings, a subsidiary of FWD, raised $250m from the bond market on Tuesday. While the company hit its size target, orders were limited and the price guidance was unchanged throughout the day.

Three companies piled into the euro bond market on Monday, but the deals drew mixed reactions. Two standard investment grade issues from LafargeHolcim and Ford Motor Credit appeared to fare better than a rare green hybrid from Citycon paying a juicy yield.