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Vodafone has hired banks to arrange a 30 year US dollar Formosa bond, as corporate issuers get stuck into a market that has been teeming with bank trades this year.

The International Finance Corporation received over A$1bn ($761.8m) of orders for a 5.5 year Kangaroo bond on Tuesday –– a size all hoped for, but few expected.

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has pulled a three year dollar deal that was expected to be priced today.

CT Corp company, Trans Retail Indonesia, has launched its $575m loan with seven mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

HSBC has confirmed that it has hired Chris Laing to be head of equity capital markets for central and eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The International Finance Corporation is set to price a 5.5 year Kangaroo bond on Tuesday — but has already increased the minimum size of the deal by A$200m ($152.8m) in response to a wide range of interest.

Italian eyewear maker Marcolin entered a quiet European high yield market on Tuesday, announcing a roadshow starting on Wednesday for €250m of floating rate notes after signing a joint venture with LVMH.

Apple got February off to a flyer after Microsoft and AT&T confounded predictions of a supply slowdown in the US high-grade market with deals that secured a record-breaking start to the year.

Europe’s equity block trade market kicked into a higher gear this week, with a rush of deals including big trades in Lonza, Worldpay and Dong Energy. The Dong trade on Thursday night, worth Dkr6.5bn (€874m), pushes the week’s total above €3bn.

CEO John Cryan expressed sincere regret at serious mistakes made by his bank in the past, as Deutsche Bank posted a loss on Thursday for the second year running. The bank will eventually get past its legacy issues, but analysts were concerned about the bank’s weakening underlying business.

Shares in UniCredit, Italy’s largest bank, closed 1.7% lower on Thursday after it unveiled the terms for its fully underwritten €13bn recapitalisation late on Wednesday.

Asian Development Bank's first euro syndication in three years enjoyed only tepid success on Wednesday, as observers wondered if the 20 year trade was fully subscribed.