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Deutsche Telekom returned to the benchmark euro bond market after a three year hiatus on Monday, raising €4.5bn across three tranches.

India’s ICICI Bank is on track for its first dollar issuance of the year, having launched bookbuilding for a 10 year trade.

ArcelorMittal’s share price shot up on Friday March 11 after the Amsterdam-listed miner and steel maker set the terms for its $3bn rights issue, but then dived on Tuesday morning and though it has recovered, is now lower than last week.

A number of UK banks are expected to tender for operating company debt in the coming months, following in the footsteps of Barclays, which announced the results of its latest buyback on Wednesday.

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi did not disappoint with his latest burst of stimulus on Thursday — although some public sector bankers felt his latest efforts to boost the eurozone economy could have damaging effects on the SSA bond market.

After a string of strong syndications and auctions from the eurozone periphery during the last seven days, issuers from the region could be set to enjoy even lower yields thanks to the latest monetary stimulus package from the European Central Bank.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten brought a 10 year dollar benchmark this week that sparked much debate about whether other issuers would be able to follow in the tenor. Although with a flurry of other trades this week, it is clear that other options are available once next week’s US Federal Reserve meeting is held.

After over a month with no Obligations Foncières supply, Caisse Française de Financement Local (Caffil) and Compagnie de Financement Foncier (CFF) returned to the primary covered bond market on Monday.

Immofinanz sold €171m of shares in residential property developer Buwog on Wednesday night, in what a banker said was the only block trade to hit the screens before the European Central Bank monetary policy meeting on Thursday.

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Israel printed a new 10 year bond and a tap of 2043s on Wednesday with only a small new issue concession and some of the biggest books seen so far this year for a CEEMEA bond.

A number of UK banks are expected to tender for opco debt in the coming months, following in the footsteps of Barclays, which announced the results of its latest buyback on Wednesday.