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Standard Chartered plans to be a regular face in the dollar senior market as a result of Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) regulation, after making a rare appearance this week with its first four tranche dollar trade.

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is wasting no time with its latest dollar bond, launching a five year trade on April 16 just one day after the official mandate of the deal was announced.

A busy Asian primary bond market has just stepped up a gear with China Cinda Asset Management launching a jumbo dual-tranche offering on April 16.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched the fourth block trade in Deutsche Annington stock tonight, selling a 6.6% stake for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Standard Chartered plans to be a regular face in the dollar senior market as a result of Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) regulation, after making a rare appearance this week with its first four tranche dollar trade.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Josh Presley from Credit Suisse for syndicate as Karim Movaghar has been appointed head of debt capital markets origination for central and eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) mandated six banks on Wednesday, April 15 to run its first outing to the dollar bond market in almost three years.

The first accelerated bookbuild in shares of Virgin Money, the UK challenger bank that floated in November, is taking place this evening, through Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.

RWE, the German electricity and gas company, issued €1.25bn of hybrid bonds on Tuesday, which are expected to partly replace its €1.75bn hybrid issued in 2010 and to be callable in September.

The FIG market could be set for a spate of issuance from the eurozone’s periphery in the coming weeks, with bankers tipping other financial institutions to follow Spanish pair CaixaBank and Ibercaja into the primary market.

China Cinda Asset Management is planning to issue a dollar-denominated bond by the end of the week after announcing the roadshow schedule for trade on April 14. While the size of the offering will not eclipse industry peer Huarong Asset Management’s bond at the start of the year, market participants are still expecting it to be big.

The term loan portion of MMI International’s $580m five year borrowing has attracted about $180m-$200m in commitments. Banks have thrown their weight behind the deal, notwithstanding a negative watch on the company by ratings agency Fitch.