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Argentina’s government reopened negotiations with holdout creditors on Monday after securing a $5bn loan from seven global banks last week.

Lippo Karawaci has completed an early exchange offer to repurchase its outstanding notes as part of a debt management exercise. The result shows that the firm has come close to what it was expected to raise with the bond swap.

Ascential, the information and events business formerly known as Top Right Group and Emap, has got its London IPO covered.

Italy is set to benefit from a Bank of Japan-induced rally in eurozone government bonds late last week after mandating for a 30 year benchmark on Monday — and bankers suggest Spain could follow with a similar deal.

Deutsche Bank had a pretty dreadful 2015, and its boss, John Cryan hasn’t been shy about letting the market know. The bottom line was damaged most by litigation and restructuring, but look through to investment banking and things don’t get much better.

Some of Deutsche Bank’s additional tier one (AT1) bonds plumbed new depths in the secondary market on Monday as more investors began to worry about the lender’s ability to pay coupons on the notes.

The Indian government has raised as much as Rp6.37bn ($94.2m) after selling down its 10% stake in Engineers India, with the offering more than twice subscribed - nearly four times so by retail investors.

The Republic of Indonesia has chosen five banks to work on a dollar sukuk to be sold in the first quarter of the year.

Deutsche Bank said on Thursday that it will leave its Asia Pacific business intact, highlighting the region’s strategic importance to German companies and the bank’s solid presence in the region. This, it said, gives it an edge over European and American competitors.

The Indian government is seeking bookrunners for the divestment of shares in wholly-owned Cochin Shipyard via an IPO, issuing a request for proposals to banks on Thursday.

The Dominican Republic re-opened the high yield bond market for Latin American borrowers last Friday, but, despite the new note trading above par, the sovereign is unlikely to find much company in the sub-investment grade space.

A rally this week in crude oil has reduced short-term pressures, but exploration and production firms still face existential threats as liquidity and M&A odds worsen, said analysts.