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Swedish Export Credit Corporation on Wednesday priced what bankers away from the deal said was a “very strong trade”, as it printed in the same five year tenor that has brought success for SSAs over the last few weeks. But one borrower is set to attempt a tenor that has not been visited since late January.

On Wednesday, German business software company SAP printed a €1.5bn triple tranche deal at tight spreads following more than a year and a half without issuing, while American IT services firm DXC sold its first non-dollar deal.

Fresh doubt has been cast on whether the record-breaking $100bn loan package for US chip maker Broadcom will come to fruition, after a US national security committee took the unusual step of issuing a public warning against the acquisition that the funds will finance.

The IPO of Siemens Healthineers was covered on day one of its bookbuild on Tuesday after its parent, Siemens, set a price range designed to please potential investors in the IPO of its medical technology division.

Tata Sons could launch a $1.5bn borrowing within the next two weeks, as the Indian firm prepares its return to the syndicated loan market after a decade.

SSA borrowers are piling up in dollars. Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) will bring a five year benchmark on Wednesday, coming on the heels of Oesterreichische Kontrollbank’s (OeKB) own deal in the tenor on Tuedsay.

Kommunekredit has printed a €1bn five year note — but two more SSA borrowers are lining up further out in the curve.

Korea Development Bank found a very different response to its bond outing this week versus its last transaction in September, with investors eating up its $1bn fixed and floating rate combination deal.

A pair of chunky fundraisings in Asia have been lapped up by banks, as China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group look to wrap up syndications next week.

Two SSA borrowers readied trades in the dollar market on Monday, lining up for a busy week of issuance.

Siemens has chosen to set a price range designed to please investors on the IPO of its medical technology division Siemens Healthineers, rather than seeking an aggressive valuation.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has promoted Craig Coben, its global head of equity capital markets, to vice-chairman of global capital markets. The role takes him out of day-to-day business management and allows him to focus purely on clients.