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The Republic of Namibia, which has outlined plans to issue around $5bn of loans and bonds over the next 10 years, is to undertake a non-deal roadshow with fixed income investors in the US and UK.

Electricité de France tapped three different European investor bases in one go on Thursday as it hit the euro, Swissie and green markets for €3.1bn-equivalent of bonds.

French agency Société de Financement Local will launch on Tuesday its first ever syndication.

Misys, the UK banking software company owned by Vista Capital Partners, will make its return to the London Stock Exchange via an IPO in early November, the company said in an intention-to-float document on Thursday morning.

MTN Group, the South African telecoms company, priced $1bn of five and 10 year bonds on Wednesday in line with initial guidance that some investors said was generous.

French glass packaging maker Verallia on Wednesday began testing investors’ thirst for risk with a €500m pay-if-you-can (PIYC) bond, the first of its kind issued since October 2015.

The European Investment Bank hit the screens twice on Wednesday, printing long dated euros and tapping a sterling line.

Saxony-Anhalt increased the size of a new three year dollar deal on Wednesday after squeezing pricing tighter twice during two days of marketing.

Block issuance has been active this week, with three notable accelerated bookbuilds all sold well. Monday also brought the announcement of what could be the largest IPO in London this year.

Two equity block trades came out in the European market on Tuesday evening, both of which achieved successful sales.

After completing its first international bond issue earlier this year, Qatar’s Ahli Bank has also signed a $195m club loan — its second ever loan from international banks.

Azure Power Global has rejigged the terms on its $78.4m New York Stock Exchange IPO midway through bookbuilding, halving the shares on offer to make way for the entry of a Canadian institutional investor.