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Russian Railways opened books on a nine year euro bond on Thursday morning, after waiting four weeks from the end its roadshow to start execution. After such a long wait the choice of market window surprised some debt bankers away from the deal.

Polish media group Cyfrowy Polsat is in talks with banks to refinance around €589m-equivalent of debt as it seeks to fulfill the necessary conditions to complete its purchase of Metelem Holding Co, owner of telecom firm Polkomtel.

Mark Carney has said that the Basel Committee will set out its plan to address excessive variability in risk weighted asset calculations by the time of the Brisbane G20 summit in November.

The coming weeks represent an opportunity for sovereign, supranational and agency issuers to price aggressive deals as investors pockets bulge even after the traditional rush of issuance in the first few weeks of the year. Bankers in the sector are egging on issuers to bring deals to take advantage of the demand.

Chinese property developer Sunshine 100 China Holdings started receiving bids for its HK$2.4bn ($310m) Hong Kong IPO on February 26 with books fully covered by anchor orders prior to launch.

Far East Horizon is out with initial guidance for its first dollar bond. The issuer is looking to raise $300m through a three year transaction.

Hyundai Capital Services has mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citi and HSBC to arrange a series of non-deal investor meetings in Asia, Europe and the US.

Citi’s head of equity syndicate for Asia Pacific ex Japan, Rupert Mitchell, has resigned from his role to join rivals Goldman Sachs, according to multiple sources close to the move.

The bank has announced a new treasury platform for its client’s Free Trade Zone-based subsidiary. Paolo Danese reports.

Germany's HeidelbergCement has slashed the margin it pays for syndicated loans, signing a new €3bn five year refinancing loan with an out of the box margin of 95bp, a 30bp reduction on the debt it is repaying.

Blog caught enough of last week’s Brit Awards to see James Corden introduce Beyoncé and then embarrass himself after her performance by gushing about his proximity to such celebrity. Then we saw Katy Perry do an awful impression of an English accent, presumably modelled on erstwhile husband Russell Brand. But who was covering the awards for the banking community?

Brett Krause has left his position as Vietnam country officer at Citi, in order to take on a senior role covering greater China at JP Morgan.