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Solera, the US insurance claims processor, held bank meetings on Tuesday in New York and Wednesday in London for a $1.9bn term loan ‘B’, backing its $6.5bn acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.

Few bankers were happy with their bonuses at the start of 2016, despite a surge in the value of their payments.

Citigroup started marketing its first yen bonds in more than two years on Thursday after mandating banks for a five year issue in global format.

Kommunalbanken showed there is scope for action in the belly of the dollar curve with the first five year benchmark in the currency for three weeks, but longer dated deals still appear out of reach.

Concerns over the exodus of real money investors from the covered bond market were put to rest this week as a series of deals met exceptionally strong demand, with the sea change in sentiment being most conspicuous in the French sector.

Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) priced a £500m three year bond on the same day that KommuneKredit mandated for a tap in the currency.

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology raised €400m in its international bond debut on Wednesday, in what was the second euro-denominated trade by a Chinese issuer this year. But unlike China Development Bank’s (CDB) deal last week, there was little European demand for Hikvision.

Citigroup could issue its first yen bonds in over two years this week, after mandating banks for a five year issue in global format.

Kommunalbanken on Wednesday sold the first five year dollar benchmark from an SSA in three weeks, printing a $1bn no-grow bond.

In a secretive deal that has only come to light now, NBAD signed $1bn of tightly priced one year loans with five close relationship banks at the end of last year. The lenders were Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole, Citigroup, HSBC and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.

Turk Eximbank took the emerging markets by surprise this week, jumping in early on Monday to print a $500m five year and reopen Turkey primary bonds this year.

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology launched its maiden international bond on Wednesday, opening books for a euro-denominated three year trade at the Asia open.