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Nigerian oil and gas firm Seplat launched an IPO of more than $500m on Tuesday, the biggest exploration and production flotation since the financial crisis and the first firm with a dual listing in London and Lagos.

The Republic of Azerbaijan’s debut deal was trading up on Tuesday morning after the sovereign attracted a respectable $3.25bn order book for its $1.25bn 10 year transaction. Analysts felt the final price was fair to tight, but in an environment of meagre supply buyers are happy to pay for rarity and a strong credit story.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi will sell its second ever Kangaroo bond on Wednesday, a five year note that is attracting a strong response from Australian asset managers.

International Bank of Azerbaijan is set to launch a deal of around $125m into the loan market on Tuesday afternoon.

Greek Alpha Bank is set for a €1.2bn capital raise without pre-emptive rights, days after peer Piraeus announced its own deal.

Ardshininvestbank has signed the first ever international commercial banking loan for an Armenian bank that does not use support from multilateral agencies.

Indian travel website MakeMyTrip is marketing a follow-on deal worth up to $115m this week, comprising both primary and secondary shares, with a view to pricing the trade by Friday.

ANZ has announced that it is holding a series of investor meetings by telephone on Tuesday for what is expected to be the first US dollar Basel III bond from an Australian bank.

Strong balance sheets are ensuring a rapid growth of trade finance supply by regional players

Hyundai Capital Services has returned to the international market with a three year floating rate note bond.

As expected, Petrobras offered higher spreads and all-in yields for its latest jumbo dollar issue than its $11bn record-breaker sold in May 2013, near the peak of the EM debt market.

This time Petrobras’s dollar benchmark wasn’t a record-breaker, but $8.5bn raised in six tranches towards the Brazilian oil company’s $221bn investment programme for 2014-2018 left bankers on the deal happy and those away from it full of praise.