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After a stellar book for Novolipetsk Steel's (NLMK) new issue on Wednesday, trades from Sovcomflot and Evraz on Thursday morning will test the true level of investor appetite for Russian corporate debt.

Ooredoo, the Qatar telecoms company, formerly Qtel, is roadshowing a dollar benchmark via eight banks, potentially adding to increased bond supply from the country, which already stands at seven times the full year total for 2015.

Pay TV and broadband provider Cablevision sold the first true corporate bond from Argentina since the sovereign exited default in April, raising $500m on the same day the Province of Buenos Aires hit the market for the second time this year.

Oman has released final price guidance for its dual tranche note with order books in excess of $7bn.

A pair of public sector borrowers are lining up to sell dollar floating rate notes on Thursday, following a series of floating and fixed rate deals in the currency on Wednesday.

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Oman released initial price thoughts on Wednesday morning for new five and 10 year notes and evidence suggests the deal was building well.

Hotel Lotte Co has managed to smooth over a wobble in investor sentiment for its W5.3tr ($4.6bn) IPO after accusations of bribery in the company hit the news last week. It has delayed its listing by a month, chopped the price range to bandage the situation and now looks set to go ahead, writes Jonathan Breen.

The June crop of IPOs should all be brought home by the end of this week, leaving the market bare for the dangerous mid-June weeks when the UK will be holding its referendum on leaving the EU.

Emerging market bonds gained renewed energy this week as the likelihood of a US rate rise in June fell. A torrent of issuers are bringing new bonds on both sides of the Atlantic.

Price guidance is expected imminently on the IPO of insurance company ASR Nederland, which is closing on Thursday and looks set be the biggest in the current spate of Dutch equity capital markets deals, beating last month’s listing of Philips Lighting.

Of the five IPOs due to reach completion this week, Norway’s B2 Holding finished its bookbuild today and Dong Energy has put out final guidance. Van Lanschot has also just revised its guidance. The other two — ASR Nederland and Basic-Fit — have still to refine their original price ranges.