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UK health retailer Holland & Barrett has launched £900m-equivalent of loans backing its £1.77bn buyout by L1 Retail, the consumer focused arm of holding company LetterOne, founded by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman.

Poland’s PKO Bank offered IG investors a healthy pick-up to the Polish sovereign curve with its new four year note on Tuesday.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power grabbed a modest $300m from its 10 year bullet in a busy primary market on Tuesday, tempering its expectations to seal a smaller size at a decent price.

Kazakhstan’s independent oil and gas company Nostrum navigated a tricky price discovery process to print five year bonds at 8% on Monday after what has been a difficult few months for the company.

Books were over €1.6bn for PKO Bank’s for year senior note on Tuesday. The deal is the first senior trade from the issuer since 2014.

Investors gave Kyobo Life Insurance Co a warm welcome as it debuted in the market on Monday with the first dollar bond from a South Korean life insurance company.

China’s ENN Energy Holdings grabbed a $600m bond on Monday, as investors ate up the credit given its three year hiatus from the international debt market.

A relatively stable credit backdrop has encouraged a swathe of Asian issuers to tap the bond market this week, ensuring a blistering pace of issuance.

This year's lower volatility environment took a toll on Citi’s trading profit in the second quarter, with the bank also bracing itself for higher loss expectations in retail services.

Poland’s PKO Bank has named leads for its first senior unsecured trade since 2014 after having focussed its funding efforts on the covered bond market for the last few years.

Nostrum Oil & Gas hit the screens on Monday with a five year non-call two dollar note having completed its roadshow last week. But though the 8% handle on price guidance hascaught the attention of rival bankers.

SBI Life Insurance Co has filed a preliminary prospectus for its $900m IPO, which will see its two biggest shareholders sell down their stakes.