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A series of oversubscribed deals among core issuers could encourage Austria to seek a print in the current market.

STIC Investment launched a W121bn ($99.5m) sale of shares in Korean defence company LIG Nex1 on Thursday evening, confident they could cover the block with domestic investors.

Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) has become the first credit outside of north Asia to sell a bond in the region this year, printing a $500m trade on January 13.

There may be a new man in charge at the Mexican debt management office, but bankers were just as effusive as ever over its $2.25bn of 10 year bond, its first issuance of 2016, on Wednesday.

Citigroup has on Wednesday night launched the first European equity block trade of the week, selling 12m shares in Elior, the French catering company, for about €212m.

The Sultanate of Oman signed a $1bn five year loan on Tuesday, with 11 banks in the oversubscribed deal, despite the sovereign being hit by a downgrade in the middle of the deal.

Israel has embarked on a US roadshow for a dollar bond, using the same three lead managers as it has done for its last two Eurobonds.

Poland and Chile dived into the market this week, printing the first CEEMEA and Latin America bonds of the year.

China Nonferrous Metal Mining and Vista Land & Lifescapes are meeting investors ahead of their respective dollar offerings, while Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology is set to gauge interest in Europe for a euro-denominated deal.

Hotel Lotte could raise as much as $5bn from its IPO, expected as early as March, and land the title of the largest ever listing in South Korea in the process, according to market sources.

The Asia ex-Japan debt capital market was crowded with dollar issuers on January 13, with two investment grade bonds and two high yield notes opening in the morning.

A pair of SSAs are set to bring dollar deals on Wednesday, despite worries over the health of the Chinese economy making life difficult for other issuers in the currency on Tuesday.