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ArcelorMittal’s $3.015bn rights issue, as part of its $4bn debt cutting plan, was completed oversubscribed, the steelmaker said on Monday, despite the gloomy outlook for the European steel industry.

The Inter-American Development Bank highlighted the depth of demand in a resurgent dollar market by printing the largest benchmark in the currency in over a month — with KfW next up to test the dollar’s depth.

The European Investment Bank built a book of €8bn for a 10 year Earn on Tuesday as the 10 year Bund yield fell to a 12 month low, leading bankers on the deal to suggest tougher times may lie ahead for euro issuers.

CK Hutchison Holdings has kicked off bookbuilding for a euro-denominated dual-tranche offering, which will mark the firm’s return to the currency after a gap of 18 months.

The Asia DCM market opened to a slew of issuance on Tuesday with Singapore duo Olam International and PSA International, Korea National Oil Corp and Japanese lender Mizuho Financial Group looking to tie up their respective dollar transactions.

Schaeffler Holdings has launched tonight the sale of the family holding company’s last non-voting shares in Schaeffler, the German bearings maker which floated in October. It is likely to be the only block trade in the stock for the foreseeable future.

The remarkable conditions in Europe’s corporate bond market since the European Central Bank trained its quantitative easing firehose on the market were clear again today when Federal Express, the US deliveries group, raised €3bn to finance its purchase of Dutch peer TNT Express.

The Inter-American Development Bank made an early claim on Monday for a spot in this week’s dollar issuance, in what its leads said was a move to ensure it did not add its name to a growing trend for SSA deal clashes.

European Investment Bank is expected to comfortably print a 10 year Earn on Tuesday, but bankers have expressed concern for the prospects of other issuers looking to sell deals in the currency as yields fall to near record lows.

Car parts distributor LKQ is set to become the first US company this year to issue a high yield bond in euros — and more US names may be on their way, bankers say.

SBAB Bank printed its first euro fixed rate senior bond since 2013 on Monday, raising €500m of May 2021 notes at the start of what market participants believe could be a busy week for FIG supply.

KfW tapped a April 2020 Kangaroo bond on Friday, with demand strongly driven by the Australian investor base.