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Telefonica sold on Wednesday what a lead banker said was the firm’s first equity-neutral convertible bond, for €600m, continuing a recent trend for such structures.

The World Bank printed on Wednesday a five year dollar benchmark, following in the footsteps of the EIB's deal on Tuesday.

The only spark of new issue activity this week from CEEMEA is an Islamic Development Bank sukuk, but EM bankers in London are also busy with a European roadshow from Femsa.

Emirates Global Aluminium has completed its $4.9bn loan refinancing, with eight lenders joining the underwriting banks, as this week the borrower announced its income had almost halved last year.

ThyssenKrupp, the German industrial group, joined the surge of corporate bond issuance on Tuesday as the fallen angel company raised €750m.

KfW is set to print a 10 year euro benchmark, following in the footsteps of Belgium and Finland, this week as issuers attempt to conclude funding before the European Central Bank’s meeting on March 10.

A €1.6bn loan for the Czech Republic’s Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) was so popular that it received enough commitments to close after early bird funding, according to a banker close to the deal.

Solera Holdings, the Texan car and property insurance claims processor, priced its $3.9bn acquisition debt package in line with revised guidance, after reshaping the debt structure in response to weak investor demand.

As Kuwaiti petrochemicals company Equate decides how to refinance its $6bn bridge loan, the borrower will likely avoid the bond market and stick to loans in the near future, bankers told GlobalCapital.

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp has raised $300m via a combination of a public and private sale of half of its stake in Indian lender Kotak Mahindra Capital.

Citi has decided to sell its stake in China Guangfa Bank (CGB) in a bid to refocus its resources on other parts of its China business.

Two European sovereigns mandated for benchmark bonds in euros on Monday leading what is expected to be a scramble to get in and out of the primary market before the European Central Bank meeting on March 10.