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Turkish Fibabanka is heading off on a roadshow on Wednesday to market a five year dollar denominated bond. But with Turkish bank levels still elevated after local press reports that some Turkish lenders could be fined billions of dollars by the US for violating sanctions on Iran, the bank and its leads are hoping for a rally before pricing.

Poland’s Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) released price guidance on a 10.5 year benchmark bond on Tuesday morning in London at a level that bankers away from the deal said looks fair.

If Qatar does go ahead with a bond, it needs to be the one being selective about which banks it will work with.

Investors flocked to Press Metal Aluminium Holdings’ inaugural dollar bond sale on Monday, allowing the issuer to walk away with a tightly priced deal nearly 10 times subscribed.

BOC Aviation is looking to add to its September 2027s, a month after the aircraft leasing company sold the initial $500m deal.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) hit the offshore market yet again on Tuesday with a dual tranche dollar bond, a month after the South Korean issuer sold a Singapore dollar deal and a Formosa bond.

Has Europe’s corporate bond market ever been hotter than today? Perhaps, but Monday’s four investment grade deals totalling €7.4bn offered ample evidence of extraordinary demand — not least, what is believed to be the most tightly priced corporate hybrid capital issue ever, for Danone.

The European Stability Mechanism is finally set to come to market to sell its first ever dollar bond, lining up for a transaction on Tuesday alongside two SSAs looking to access the rare 10 year dollar tenor.

Nomura said it had hired Frédéric Giovansili, Citi's head of markets for France, Belgium and Luxembourg, as head of western European sales, the Japanese bank's third senior hire from Citi in short order.

Southeast Asian issuers have been largely absent from a bumper crop of dollar bond supply in the region over the last few weeks. But Malaysian aluminum producer Press Metal Aluminium Holdings is planning to add a bit of spice to the market, after opening books for its debut on Monday.

Kia Motors Corp found nothing but clear roads in the bond market on Thursday, after a moment of traffic briefly delayed its $900m dual-tranche transaction.

China Merchants Bank priced its debut Basel III-compliant additional tier one dollar bond on Thursday, closing the bond 10bp inside its main comparable after a small size and some rarity value proved decisive.