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PSP Capital, the debt issuance arm of Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, is planning a dollar benchmark — its first international bond ever.

The Development Bank of Kazakhstan on Thursday launched a dual tranche bond in dollars and Kazakh tenge. Investor interest in emerging market local currency debt has increased over the last year, as the hunt for yield grows.

The pull of a big fee pool and global reallocation of capital and resources are prompting banks to rethink the way they serve clients in the technology sector on both sides of the Atlantic, writes David Rothnie.

Issuers piled into Europe’s high grade corporate market on Wednesday but investor responses were mixed when it came to the deals at the tightest spreads.

Market participants rejoiced this week as the primary market landscape returned to normal after US Treasury yield volatility subsided and a number of deals, both investment grade and high yield, came to the market.

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Indonesia nabbed $300m from a five year bond on Tuesday.

Italy sold new three and 30 year dollar bonds through syndication on Tuesday as it continues to build out a curve in the currency.

UzAuto Motors, an auto maker owned by the Uzbek state, entered the dollar bond market on Tuesday for its debut deal.

South Korea's Incheon International Airport Corp made its debut in the dollar bond market this week, issuing a $300m green bond.

Italy mandated banks on Monday to lead a syndicated dollar dual tranche comprising new three and 30 year bonds as the sovereign continues to build out a curve in the currency following its return to the dollar market in 2019.

Philippines-based Monde Nissin has won regulatory approval to launch its IPO next month.

Credit Suisse had a great first quarter, if you ignore one or two little hiccups. The firm enjoyed a big uptick in investment banking revenues but senior management is fighting fires lit by the double disasters of Greensill Capital and Archegos Capital.