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Malaysia has shortlisted banks for its return the international sukuk market after four years away, and bankers expect it to announce the final mandate soon, according GlobalCapital Asia's sister publication, the Islamic Finance Information Service.

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company printed its first dollar bond of the year on Monday, managing to price it flat to the existing dollar curve due to strong demand.

Ineos, the chemicals company now registered in Switzerland, has hired five banks to arrange its €750m refinancing project to replace bonds with term loans.

German cable company Unitymedia has continued its refinancing run in robust fashion, pricing €700m of 12 year non-call six senior unsecured bonds at 3.75% on Monday.

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company has opened books to its first international bond of 2015, having taken comfort in the fact that fixed income investors in five Asian cities view the Japanese credit with a safe haven status.

Café Coffee Day, often considered the Starbucks of India, is busy brewing plans for a listing on the country’s domestic stock market, via an IPO that could raise the coffee chain anywhere between $150m and $200m.

Asiamoney is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Australia Awards. After suggestions by bankers from global and domestic institutions, we weighed the most impressive deals and banks in the market last year. The decisions were not always easy, but we hope to have picked a series of winners that truly highlight the breadth of potential in Australia's capital market. It was a good year for the overall market; it was a great year for the winners below.

Abengoa, the Spanish construction and concessions company, has made a further step to capital markets rehabilitation, by issuing a $279m exchangeable bond, into shares of its affiliate Abengoa Yield.

Infineon, the German semiconductor manufacturer, has issued a €300m 3.5 year and €500m seven year bond to refinance a loan it obtained last year to fund its acquisition of International Rectifier.

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, the Swedish paper, pulp and consumer goods manufacturer, issued €600m of five and 10 year bonds on Thursday.

Rating: B2/B-/B

Borrowers partied in dollars this week as a lack of supply and an attractive euro/dollar basis swap combined to allow them to print at attractive levels at the short end.