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Elis, the French workwear and laundry group, took advantage of a corporate bond market eager for yieldy paper on Tuesday by issuing a €500m five year high yield bond that found a friendly reception.

Public sector borrowers were able to achieve zero or negative new issue premiums and close books early in the euro market on Tuesday as investors piled into haven assets amid a weaker outlook for global growth.

The Slovak Republic kick-started its 2019 international bond issuance on Tuesday, printing a €1bn 11 year, drawing a book of over €5bn. It paid a “minimal” new issue concession, according to lead managers.

Vinmec International General Hospital, a subsidiary of Vingroup, has launched a $300m deal into general syndication after receiving commitments from five banks during senior syndication.

Chinese real estate companies Kaisa Group Holdings, Jingrui Holdings and China SCE Group Holdings came to the market on Monday after announcing strong financial results for 2018 last week, raising $900m between them.

Otto, the family-owned German online and catalogue retailer, brought its first sustainable bond issue on Thursday. But despite it offering an interesting new flavour to green bond investors, the deal's sale produced an underwhelming result.

A trio of public sector borrowers hit screens with mandates on Monday ahead of what SSA bankers say will be a busy week of supply following a glut of benchmark issuance towards the end of the first quarter.

Carlo Palombo and Colin Bermingham were sentenced on Monday by a UK court for manipulating Euribor rates during the financial crisis.

Indonesian clothing retailer Map Aktif Adiperkasa (Map Active) has hit the market with an up to Rph5.03tr ($353m) secondary share offering.

Logistics provider ESR Cayman raised $250m from the bond market this week, ahead of a planned IPO in Hong Kong later this year.

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Shares in Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, fell as much as 4.5% on Thursday after reports that it is considering raising fresh equity capital to finance its potential merger with Commerzbank, two years after its last €8bn rights issue.