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The Republic of Indonesia has mandated banks for a series of investor meetings in Asia, Europe and the US, which began in Singapore on Wednesday.

There is talk of a stream of bond mandates from Peru, but bankers covering the country warn that LatAm DCM bankers seeking possible avenues of new supply should temper their excitement.

Icap, the UK interdealer broker and electronic trading group, returned to the euro bond market today to refinance its only previous issue, and proved that its involvement in the Libor rigging scandal last year was no bar to it obtaining a warm welcome from investors.

One of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s senior DCM bankers has resigned and will be leaving the industry, EuroWeek understands.

Mexican microfinance company Crédito Real has launched a tender offer for its outstanding bonds due 2015 just five months after postponing new issue plans.

Marine vessel operator PACC Offshore Services Holdings (Posh) started premarketing for a $400m Singapore IPO on Thursday, according to a banker close to the trade.

AJ Murphy has joined Goldman Sachs to head its global leveraged finance origination team from New York.

Norwegian insurer Gjensidige sold an Nkr3.3bn ($540m) stake in domestic peer Storebrand on Tuesday night, launching the well-flagged deal with full coverage after a sale of another of its financial holdings stumbled earlier in the month.

Metaldyne, a US car parts maker, closed a $671m-equivalent transatlantic leveraged loan facility last week. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which led it, is set to launch another large deal later on Wednesday.

Gazprombank drew over four times the demand it needed for a $750m bond on Tuesday, finding investors' appetite undiminished despite a rating agency report warning of Russian banks’ exposures to Ukraine, where tensions continue to escalate.

Hyundai Capital Services has mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citi and HSBC to arrange a series of non-deal investor meetings in Asia, Europe and the US.

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, the Irish property firm, has completed its £910m London IPO having increased the size of the deal after bookbuilding began.