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Dalian Wanda Group has mandated banks to start work on a possible IPO of its sports assets, said sources close to the matter.

Volumes in the US high yield market were given a boost on Monday from a $2.5bn dual tranche deal from T-Mobile, which the mobile operator will use to refinance old debt.

The Index Industry Association on Monday revealed that its members administered about 3.29m indices around the world, with more than 95% of those referencing equities.

Investment grade loans bankers are ready to stump up big tickets for bridge loans, and deals are coming their way. Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical group, is readying an $11.6bn debt-financed acquisition of Bioverativ, the blood disorder treatment company, and banks are set to launch at least one other M&A loan into syndication this week. Michael Turner reports.

The riskiest end of the US high yield market is heating up, after restaurant chain Arby’s priced a triple-C rated bond on Thursday at levels some bankers said would draw in other low-rated borrowers.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday slapped down the possibility of new cryptocurrency exchange traded funds until “significant outstanding questions” were answered with regards to investor protections.

China’s FX watchdog tells corporates to prepare for more volatility in the RMB exchange rate, the chief of China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) criticises illegal activities in the banking sector, and a domestic Chinese credit rating agency moves US sovereign rating as a result of the recent tax cut.

South Korean firm SK Biopharmaceuticals Co has sent a request for proposals to foreign banks and securities firms as it looks for candidates to lead its IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Aircraft leasing company AerCap was the only benchmark-sized corporate issuer in the dollar market as earnings blackouts enveloped the investment grade market in the US.

Wall Street’s biggest banks hit the dollar bond market with multi-billion offerings after reporting fourth quarter earnings this week, and supply-starved investors piled into the new deals.

Exuberant US high yield bond investors have driven spreads to multi-year tight levels. Guggenheim said on Thursday that high yield portfolios would earn little over a 10 year Treasury on an adjusted basis, but this is not stopping the rush of buyers into new issue deals. David Bell reports.

Deutsche Bank placed $2.15bn of new non-preferred senior notes with US investors on Wednesday, as Europe’s largest banks continued to bombard the market with multiple deals at the beginning of 2018.