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Latin American DCM bankers drew positive conclusions from Petrobras’ first international bond in nearly a year as the Brazilian state oil giant raised more than twice what it needed to for a liability management exercise.

Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.

India's PNB Housing and Finance will seek approval for an IPO of up to Rp30bn ($448.0m) by mid-June, according to a source close to the transaction.

International bond issuance from South Korea looks set to resume with Export-Import Bank of Korea back in the market for its third dollar fundraising of the year.

Chinese sportswear manufacturer 361 Degrees International is looking to make its maiden appearance in the dollar bond market, having mandated one bank to work on the proposed issuance.

World Bank roared into the dollar market on Tuesday with the largest five year benchmark in the currency in over a year, as KfW and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens with short dated mandates.

Export Development Canada is to print a long four year sterling bond as demand for paper in the currency defied fears of a possible UK's exit from the European Union.

Banco Hipotecario is set to demonstrate the immediate benefits that Argentina’s corporates could receive from the sovereign’s return to bond markets when it taps its 2020s on Tuesday.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sealed a new $500m three year bond via its Hong Kong unit on Monday, less than two weeks after its Singapore branch scooped up $800m. Although the issuer checked all the boxes, demand from Chinese onshore accounts was weak given the recent flurry of financial names in the market.

The World Bank is set to print a five year dollar benchmark, as bankers expect issuers to focus on the short end this week.

A £1bn bond from the European Investment Bank last Friday should inspire other issuers to try their luck in the sterling market this week, said bankers.

The City of Buenos Aires is set to become the third Argentine sub-sovereign to tap international bond markets since the sovereign sold $16.5bn of debt in April.