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South Korea’s Small & Medium Business Corp (SBC) pulled in $500m on Monday from its return to the debt market after a hiatus of 10 years. The combination of a recent credit rating boost and its rarity allowed the issuer to price the bond in line with policy banks.

Rhätische Bahn entered the Swiss franc market on Monday for the first time ever with a Sfr200m ($207.6m) nine year and fifteen year dual tranche deal.

South Korea’s Small & Medium Business Corp (SBC) has returned to the international debt market after a decade-long absence, launching a new 10 year dollar note on Monday.

Bahrain has picked five banks to arrange its next Eurobond. With one of those banks also linked to a Saudi Arabia mandate, the deals are expected to be timed to avoid collision.

South Korea’s bourse has given Doosan Bobcat the go ahead for its IPO, as Ping An Insurance Group’s shareholders also waved through its plan to list Ping An Securities Co in Hong Kong.

Malaysia's Serba Dinamik Group is planning to raise as much as MR600m ($150.3m) in an IPO that could hit the market by the end of 2016, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Bahrain has picked five banks to arrange its next Eurobond. With one of those banks also linked to the Saudi Arabia mandate, the deals are expected to be timed to avoid collision.

With an unreconciled order book of almost €800m, Commerzbank’s €250m negative yielding eight year Pfandbrief tap issued on Friday neatly illustrated the desperation of investors.

Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) priced the third dollar Pfandbrief benchmark of the year and is expected to be followed by a succession of dollar trades later in the year.

JP Morgan has hired a new head of European loan trading in London, poaching the banker from Credit Suisse.

Latin America’s most frequent sovereign borrower scored two record yields on Monday as technical factors continue to govern investors' behaviour.

The key to the clean-up and recapitalization of Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is a €5bn rights issue but even though a strong cast of top tier ECM banks have signed on to run it, the deal still hinges on finding real demand. Aidan Gregory and Owen Sanderson report.