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JD Sports, the UK casualwear company, is set to break into the US market by buying Finish Line for around $558m. The acquisition will be financed in the loan market.

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China-based Sunlands Online Education Group has bagged $149.5m from its US IPO after pricing the deal at the bottom of guidance.

Pfizer’s consumer healthcare business has gone from being the belle of the ball to the last one left on the dancefloor on Friday, after GlaxoSmithKline joined Reckitt Benckiser in pulling out of a potential acquisition of the unit.

US insurance giant American International Group was rewarded for novelty value as it provided a mixture of senior and hybrid notes to help finance its $5.56bn acquisition of Validus.

A US presidential memo from Trump against China kicks off what could become a series of tit-for-tat tariff moves.

Equity market volatility in the US spiked this week as investors scrambled to position for emerging risks, including impending tech regulation, an escalating trade war and rate hike worries.

Anheuser-Busch InBev timed a $10bn multi-trancher to perfection this week as it jumped into the market to extend maturities ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate interest rate hike.

The Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives on Wednesday waved through a bill that could allow banks to remove initial margin for centrally cleared derivatives from their leverage exposure, and thus hold less capital.

The auto finance arm of General Motors opted for short maturities to try to ensure the success of its first bond sale of 2018, but the €1bn dual-tranche deal only received orders of €1.7bn and the lead managers were only able to tighten one of the tranches from initial price thoughts.

DCM bankers in Asia are gearing up for a hectic April as investors put the US interest rate hike behind them. But how will borrowers, particularly those that are lower rated, navigate the many fundraising challenges ahead? Addison Gong finds out.

China’s promotion of a home-grown depository receipt market is already gaining traction, even before the rules around it are published, with the big four technology giants showing their interest in returning home. But while China Depository Receipts (CDRs) will put pressure on the Hong Kong exchange, it will be some time before they pose a serious threat, writes Jonathan Breen.