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A trio of European public sector issuers tapped Kangaroo and Kauri deals on Wednesday as bankers bemoaned the shortage of larger deals in Australian dollars.

Dutch chemical company Royal DSM issued into a quieter corporate bond market on Tuesday but encountered much the same conditions as those who jostled for attention on Monday.

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has chosen three banks to work on a potential dollar offering in conventional format, days after Fitch assigned the sovereign a junk rating.

Financial services boutique StormHarbour on Wednesday said it has hired for its Madrid office Yago Valderrama, Société Générale’s former head of cross-asset solutions in Spain and Portugal.

Dutch chemical company Royal DSM issued into a quieter corporate bond market on Tuesday, but encountered much the same conditions as those who jostled for attention on Monday.

The Republic of Iraq has set its sights on how much it is looking to raise with its first international bond outing almost a decade, according to a banker close to the deal.

Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Banrisul) has become the third Brazilian lender to launch a tender offer for existing debt as bond prices in the country hit lows.

A pair of European supranationals are set to pick up size at the long end of the curve this week, after European Stability Mechanism hired banks for its second benchmark in two weeks.

Finnvera took its first ever billion sized bite of a core currency bond on Tuesday, enticing investors with a juicy pick-up over its sovereign’s curve.

Angola has updated the mandate for its debut public Eurobond again, including a different European bank this time around.

The Republic of Latvia has mandated DNB, HSBC and Natixis to arrange a 10 year euro denominated benchmark bond, its first since the start of ECB sovereign bond buying.

Philippines’ Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) is considering increasing the size of its $200m three year fundraising, after gathering commitments from 15-16 banks in syndication.