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Vodafone once again showed its capacity to surprise the capital markets on Monday, issuing €6bn of bonds in four tranches, only two working days after a £2.9bn convertible bond.

Tata Steel has received a new commitment at the senior level for its $1.5bn refinancing, with banks yet to join in general syndication.

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) is on track for a comeback to the dollar hybrid bond market, while India’s National Thermal Power Corp kicked off bookbuilding for a 10 year Reg S offering on Monday.

Vodafone wasted no time catching its breath after closing books on Thursday's £2.9bn convertible bond, as it announced on Friday its intention to raise up to €3bn of conventional bonds as early as Monday.

Zurich Insurance sold a Sfr200m hybrid bond on Thursday, benefiting from the relative resilience of its home market as Swiss franc investors got their first taste of insurance capital this year.

Apple's $12bn nine-tranche bond this week has not only kick-started a US corporate bond market that had been drained by weeks of volatility, but also signalled the beginning of a wave of supply from US issuers that is expected to hit European shores.

Banca Popolare di Vicenza came a step closer to launching its listing and capital increase this week, as it announced the date of a shareholder meeting to approve the deal.

Helaba brought the biggest Pfandbrief since 2011 on Tuesday, pulling in €1.25bn with a long four year deal. It was the first ever euro benchmark covered bond issued with a zero percent coupon, but given the persistent low interest rate environment it is unlikely to be the last, with some bankers alarmed at the prospect of negative yielding covered bonds.

US biotechnology company Amgen made its dash into primary corporate bond markets on Thursday with a dual tranche deal that took €2bn out of the market.

Indonesia-based power producer Cikarang Listrindo is planning to launch the country's largest IPO for almost a year.

The Asia ex-Japan primary bond market got off to a blazing restart after the Chinese New Year holidays with the Republic of the Philippines raising $2bn from a popular accelerated one-day switch plus new money transaction.

A senior banker from Deutsche Bank’s Asia leveraged finance team has left the firm, according to sources.