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Essentra, the UK maker of plastic and fibre components, has sold £100m of new stock to finance its acquisition of 3C! Packaging in the US, via an accelerated bookbuild.

Virtual goods platform Fulu Holdings has raised HK$890m ($114.8m) after pricing its IPO at the top of the marketed range, according to a source close to the deal.

Chinese internet and data centre services provider 21Vianet Group has raised $352.8m from a primary issue of its Nasdaq-listed stock.

21Vianet Group, a Chinese internet and data centre provider, is tapping equity investors with a follow-on offer of new American Depository Shares.

TAG Immobilien, one of Germany’s largest residential landlords, has issued a new €470m six-year convertible bond, tapping into heightened investor interest in German housing companies during the pandemic.

Germany’s CureVac has gone public on the Nasdaq, joining the army of biotech companies that have tapped the equity capital markets for cash during the pandemic, despite growing concern of a brewing dot-com style bubble.

India's placements market is heating up, with new issuers set to raise fresh equity.

ICICI Bank has closed its up to Rp150bn ($2bn) qualified institutional placement, according to a source close to the deal.

Investors threw their weight behind Housing Development Finance Corp's Rp140bn ($1.87bn) fundraising this week.

Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting is set to pocket HK$10.7bn ($1.38bn) from its Hong Kong secondary listing, with solid support from Chinese and global investors driving final pricing to the top of guidance.

Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting, a biopharmaceutical research and development service provider, has covered books on its secondary public offering in Hong Kong on the first day of taking orders.

US corporate bond issuers got straight back to business after the July 4 weekend as 11 borrowers raised $10.8bn, though the volume of issuance is tapering off as companies head into earnings blackouts.