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Global Medical Real Estate Investment Trust, owned by Hong Kong-listed ZH International Holdings, is aiming to list on the New York Stock Exchange in a deal that could net $100m.

The Inter-American Development Bank highlighted the depth of demand in a resurgent dollar market by printing the largest benchmark in the currency in over a month — with KfW next up to test the dollar’s depth.

Portugal is lining up for its first test of the syndication market since the European Central Bank announced its latest round of monetary easing measures a month ago — measures that have had less effect on Portugal than its periphery peers.

The Asia DCM market opened to a slew of issuance on Tuesday with Singapore duo Olam International and PSA International, Korea National Oil Corp and Japanese lender Mizuho Financial Group looking to tie up their respective dollar transactions.

Schaeffler Holdings has launched tonight the sale of the family holding company’s last non-voting shares in Schaeffler, the German bearings maker which floated in October. It is likely to be the only block trade in the stock for the foreseeable future.

LeasePlan Corp, the Dutch car finance bank that recently struggled through tough bond market conditions to price a €1.55bn subordinated high yield deal to finance its takeover by a group of institutional investors, had a very different experience on Monday when its first senior bond issue since the takeover was a huge hit with investors.

Standard Bank Kenya — Banque Misr

Bankers have questioned if the yields available in the euro market will prove sufficiently attractive to prospective investors as the start of the second quarter nears.

A slew of unusual CEEMEA issuers this week announced plans to meet with investors: Global Ports Investments, Kenya, Ahli Bank Qatar and Alternatifbank. Some are specified as non-deal meetings while others are focussed on specific deals.

A quartet of SSA issuers printed Kangaroo bonds this week, helping push Kangaroo bond volume for March to a monthly level not seen in a year.

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is poised to make its debut in the international syndicated loan market with a $250m fundraising.

Citi has lost its vice-chairman for Asean corporate and investment banking Tracey Woon, who is joining UBS in the third quarter of 2016.