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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.

Four days of global equity recovery has been enough to rekindle Japanese retail investors' interest in Deutsche Bank senior debt in an emerging market currency.

The Asia ex-Japan bond market finally saw some primary activity on Wednesday with the Republic of the Philippines set to be the first sovereign issuer of the year. The country launched a new 25 year bond and is giving investors the option to switch out of 16 outstanding deals at the same time.

By the second day of Saipem’s auction of its unsold rights, all of them had been sold to investors — but with the share price still 3.3% below the subscription price at Thursday's close, the underwriters may yet have to buy up to €427m of stock.

European Union ministers decided on Monday to permanently lift most sanctions on Belarus. But international banks remain wary of leading the country back to the Eurobond market.

Indonesia is gearing up for its largest IPO in almost a year, with power producer Cikarang Listrindo eyeing a $300m listing on the Jakarta Stock Exchange in the first half of 2016.

China Oriental Group has increased the tender price on its offer to repurchase all or a portion of its dollar-denominated bonds.

Multiple FIG bonds hit the primary market for the first time in a month on Monday as European bank stocks continued their rebound to ease the pressure on borrowers.