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Brazilian cement company Votorantim Cimentos is planning a euro transaction and has picked banks for a May roadshow.

India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) has opened books to what will be its first dollar outing since October 2012. Ahead of its comeback, the Baa3/BBB- rated Indian borrower met potential investors in Asia and Europe.

International Bank of Azerbaijan has signed a $200m loan which was launched at $125m and increased after oversubscription.

A bevy of periphery borrowers have picked this week to get deals away — to varying levels of success — as negotiations over the financial future of Greece take on a more positive tone.

Portugal is looking to take advantage of improving sentiment around Greece with a dual tap — but not every periphery issuer has been able to capitalise on events in Athens.

BlackRock is set to price its first ever euro senior unsecured trade on Tuesday, opening books for a SEC registered 10 year print that had syndicate bankers struggling to pin down relative value.

Oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) opened books to a multi-tranche dollar offering on April 28 in a bid to take advantage of a buoyant primary Asian bond market.

Bank of India (BOI) is back in the dollar bond market on Tuesday, April 28, breaking two years of silence.

UFO Moviez has pressed the play button on its Rp6.125bn ($96m) Indian IPO, starting the bookbuilding process on April 28. The deal has already seen some strong names coming in as anchor investors, but volatility in the secondary market is creating a big distraction to investors.

South Korea’s Shinsegae Group has picked a sole bookrunner as it gears up for a comeback to the international bond market after a hiatus of almost eight years. Pre-marketing for a new 30 year non call five is due to kick off next week.

Indonesian port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo II) made a splash with its inaugural outing in the international bond market, raising $1.6bn from a tightly priced dual-tranche offering split between 10 and 30 year trades.

Korea Resources Corp (KoRes) successfully returned to the dollar bond market on April 23 with its safe haven status drawing solid demand. But the state owned enterprise shied away from increasing the size of the deal due to the government pressure to reduce debt.