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Montenegro is looking to extend its curve with a euro bond up to €500m, potentially its largest yet.

AIA Group returned to the international bond market last week, printing a $750m 10 year bond that targeted US investors.

Costa Rica is working with supranationals on a new law to give it more flexibility to issue in international capital markets, funding official told GlobalCapital.

Pittsburgh-based glass and industrial coatings company PPG issued a €1.2bn dual tranche euro bond today, its first since 2005.

The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) has released roadshow dates for its bond. Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan are leading the deal.

Costa Rica paid a new issue premium of over 23bp for a 30 year bond on Thursday but bankers on and off the deal said it was not cheap by recent standards.

The tier two market rocketed back into action after a nearly two week hiatus on Wednesday, with Santander Issuances and KBC Group hitting the undersupplied sector and quickly building bumper books.

Nordea took to the additional tier one market on Thursday for the second time, pricing the dollar Reg S portion of a triple tranche transaction at the joint lowest coupon seen in the asset class.

Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company controlled by Warren Buffett, became the latest US company to come to the euro bond market when it priced a €3bn three tranche deal on Thursday.

Hakan Wohlin, global head of debt origination at Deutsche Bank, is to officially leave the German firm on March 13.

Emirates NBD has mandated six banks for a European roadshow starting next week, bringing hope that the bank will print a breakthrough euro trade.

Controversy-dogged 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) is to update and resubmit a prospectus for the IPO of its energy arm to Securities Commission Malaysia, in one of the company’s first statements clarifying that a listing is being planned.