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Korea Midland Power Co (Komipo) bagged $300m from new 5.5 year notes that were four times subscribed on January 13. The Aa2/AA-/AA- rated borrower offered investors something of a safe haven play amid the recent volatility, with strong demand allowing the issuer to print the new bond with little premium.

LGC, the UK life sciences company, has set price talk on its £500m debt package backing its acquisition by KKR from Bridgepoint after holding bank meetings January 13.

Belgium has scored the second bumper sovereign trade of the week, building one of its largest books in several years to print a 10 year euro benchmark that enjoyed strong participation from beyond Europe.

Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel has come to market with 2016's largest medium term note (MTN) so far.

The Asia ex-Japan debt capital market was crowded with dollar issuers on January 13, with two investment grade bonds and two high yield notes opening in the morning.

A pair of SSAs are set to bring dollar deals on Wednesday, despite worries over the health of the Chinese economy making life difficult for other issuers in the currency on Tuesday.

The European Financial Stability Facility and Nederlandse Waterschapsbank on Tuesday brought euro benchmarks in five and seven year maturities. Now much more at those tenors is expected.

Spain has opened its funding year with a deal in the upper echelons of record sovereign deal sizes and an enormous book for the third year running. but it's the quality of investor the sovereign attracted this time that was most notable, according to bankers.

With only one small tap launched so far in Europe's high yield bond market this year, investors are disappointed with the scarcity of deals in the pipeline.

Banks now know where they need to be in terms of the FSB’s total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements, but one big problem remains: how they’re going to get there. Tyler Davies reports.

Spain has mandated for its first deal of the year, but the sovereign has taken the rare step of bringing a syndication in the same week as it is holding auctions.

Kommuninvest and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank are set to bring deals at the short end of the dollar curve on Tuesday — by which time leads are hoping Monday’s turbulent swap spreads will have calmed.