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Konecta, the Spanish call centre operator, has closed its €195m acquisition debt in a club deal with four banks.

United Overseas Bank sold a landmark transaction this week, printing the first euro-denominated covered bond from Asia, and plans to become a frequent issuer in the market.

Telefonica sold on Wednesday what a lead banker said was the firm’s first equity-neutral convertible bond, for €600m, continuing a recent trend for such structures.

The World Bank printed on Wednesday a five year dollar benchmark, following in the footsteps of the EIB's deal on Tuesday.

Mauser, the German industrial packaging producer, has priced its €100m incremental term loan in line with guidance.

The SSA market has seen a deluge of deals this week as issuers in both dollars and euros look to raise funding before the European Central Bank and the US Federal Open Market Committee meet in coming weeks, which could cause disruption.

Emirates Global Aluminium has completed its $4.9bn loan refinancing, with eight lenders joining the underwriting banks, as this week the borrower announced its income had almost halved last year.

The World Bank on Tuesday mandated for a dollar benchmark, as action in the market heated up in anticipation of the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting on March 15-16.

Unibail-Rodamco, the Franco-Dutch property company, finally pounced on the euro bond market on Tuesday after just over two weeks of stalking attractive pricing levels.

ThyssenKrupp, the German industrial group, joined the surge of corporate bond issuance on Tuesday as the fallen angel company raised €750m.

KfW is set to print a 10 year euro benchmark, following in the footsteps of Belgium and Finland, this week as issuers attempt to conclude funding before the European Central Bank’s meeting on March 10.

Daimler brought its second triple tranche bond of the year to market on Tuesday, as primary issuance in the corporate market began to crank up.