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China Gold International Resources Corp opened books for its inaugural international issue — a three year dollar bond — on Thursday.

A new Italian corporate bond issuer entered the market on Wednesday, as 2i Rete Gas, the second largest gas distribution company after Snam, issued €1.35bn of five and 10 year paper.

A €655m loan has been launched to back the sale of Israeli energy conglomerate Delek Group's petrol station and convenience store operations in the Benelux and France to private equity firm TDR Capital.

Dexia Credit Local surprised syndicate bankers on Wednesday with the scale of demand it drew for a three year government guaranteed sterling print. A juicy spread compared to agencies that print in sterling allowed the issuer to easily surpass size expectations.

Western European lenders had a rare chance to finance drawn debt this week after Germany's FGA Bank signed a €550m three year syndicated term loan.

Brazilian development bank Caixa Econômica Federal is set to return to the bond market with Basel III compliant subordinated tier two trade after mandating banks for a roadshow set to start on Wednesday.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) priced another blowout $3bn four tranche dollar bond on July 8, its second this year. Although aimed at US investors, the bond also attracted strong demand from Asia and allowed bankers to price the deal flat to the borrower's existing curve.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is looking to make its sixth dollar denominated public issue of the year. And as with its blowout $3bn deal from January, the Japanese bank is seeking a four tranche bond.

Kookmin Bank priced its second syndicated dollar bond of the year on Monday, this time opting for a fixed rate deal to target a fresh pool of investors.

Indian film company Eros International launched a follow-on worth around $109m on July 7, offering a total of 7m shares to investors.

Galp Energia, the Portuguese oil and gas company, issued on Monday its first bond since November, and was able to tighten the pricing to a slim new issue premium despite cool markets.

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