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Kommuninvest and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank are set to bring deals at the short end of the dollar curve on Tuesday — by which time leads are hoping Monday’s turbulent swap spreads will have calmed.

A bevvy of public sector borrowers are lining up euro deals for Tuesday and beyond — but some are opting to hold back price thoughts amid a cluttered and volatile backdrop.

Webhelp, the French call centre operator, was one of three companies who held bank meetings on Tuesday for leveraged loans. The €640m of first lien debt finances Webhelp’s acquisition by KKR from Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Republic of Poland offered a healthy concession in the early pricing stages as it ventured into the markets with the first bond from CEEMEA in 2016 on Monday.

Central and Eastern European loans look set to start the year with a bang as a financing of around €2bn for Czech’s Energetický a průmyslový Holding (EPH) should close by the end of this week or early next, according to two bankers on the deal.

Citi has created a consolidated Asia Pacific debt syndicate team as it seeks to take advantage of the growing relevance of local currency markets, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

India’s IDBI Bank has named a group of seven banks to manage a qualified institutional placement, according to a source involved in the transaction.

A $300m dual-tranche borrowing for a subsidiary of palm oil producer Golden-Agri Resources has launched into syndication. The money was funded by four banks in mid-2015.

South Korea's KEB Hana Bank is set to meet investors next week ahead of its first foray into the dollar bond market since its merger.

Public sector borrowers enjoyed a storming sterling market this week and, with many of the supporting factors still in place, SSA bankers are confident that more deals will follow.

A healthy euro benchmark pipeline is building for next week, with one supranational looking to print and a pair of sovereigns believed to be considering deals, after a week that didn’t finish as strongly as it started for core issuers.

National Australia Bank packed $3.5bn of funding into a multi-tranche deal on Wednesday, taking advantage of strong demand and a heightened risk appetite among US investors.