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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) offered to buy and sell holdco senior debt on Wednesday, as UK banks make increasing use of liability management to adapt to new regulatory capital requirements.

Royal Bank of Scotland offered to both buy and sell holdco senior debt on Wednesday, as UK banks make increasing use of liability management to adapt to new regulatory capital requirements.

Poland has returned to the dollar market after its ratings downgrade and, in printing with the lowest new issue premium for a dollar CEEMEA sovereign bond this year, has knocked out any lingering concerns about appetite for its debt.

Blount International, the US farm and forestry equipment manufacturer, joined in this week’s trend of widening prices in a leveraged loans market where demand is hard to find.

Kenya has mandated three banks for a non-deal roadshow and is “expecting” questions around the rumours about alleged misuse of funds from its last Eurobond outing in 2014.

Poland has released price guidance for its first international dollar bond since its tumultuous January euro print.

The only spot of new bond activity in the CEEMEA market so far in this week was Poland’s first dollar deal of the year, but there was plenty of loans market activity in the region to keep bankers occupied.

French pharmaceuticals company Sanofi revived the zero coupon bond on Tuesday as it returned to the bond market issuing its favoured triple tranche structure.

Ahli Bank Qatar is embarking on a series of investor meetings for its debut bond, a Reg S dollar benchmark.

Adani Transmission has kicked off a series of investor meetings in Asia, Europe and the US to test appetite for an offshore rupee denominated note or Masala bond.

Delta Lloyd, which last week won a shareholder vote to execute a rights issue despite public criticism of the deal from some of its investors, on Wednesday released details of the trade.

State Bank of India launched its $500m fundraising into general syndication on Tuesday via eight mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.