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Santander was able to benefit from a strong bid for paper from the eurozone’s periphery this week, drawing a strong order book for a deal through its Santander Consumer Finance Subsidiary — bankers pointed to a more reassuring political situation in Greece as a reason to expect more deals from the region in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Nordea was also able to appeal to investors with the first Scandinavian senior print of 2015.

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Banco Popular Español snuck into the additional tier one market to privately place the first high trigger AT1 from a periphery bank, and filling its allotted bucket for AT1 capital.

German medical care company Fresenius intends to allocate the commitments to its refinancing loans, valued at around €3bn, by Friday.

Italy’s Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (SACE) made a last minute appearance in last week’s primary FIG market, pricing a €500m perpetual non-call 10 year subordinated bond at 25bp lower yield than where initial price thoughts were set despite uncertain secondary markets and an ostensible lack of comparables.

Turkey's Halkbank priced its new $500m six year bond with a 2bp-3pb new issue premium on Wednesday but the underlying swap rate had rallied 10bp throughout the day meaning that the nominal premium was perhaps more attractive than it otherwise would have been.

First Gulf Bank, the third largest bank by assets in the UAE, is meeting investors in Europe next week regarding a possible Eurobond.

Banco Popular Espanol snuck into the additional tier one market to price the first high trigger AT1 from a periphery bank, and filling its allotted bucket for AT1 capital.

Coal India completed one of the country's largest ECM deals on January 30 with a Rp226.13bn ($3.68bn) divestment of part of the government’s stake. Bankers lauded the trade, which had been two years in the making, and believe it will keep the momentum going for several more share sales that are due to hit the market before India ends its fiscal year in March.

Chinese tech firm Tencent Holdings made its eagerly anticipated return to the dollar bond market on February 4 with a $2bn dual tranche offering that drew a frantic response from investors. That resulted in an 8.5 times covered book, which the issuer was able to leverage to price inside its rival Alibaba.

China Construction Bank (Asia) printed a landmark transaction on February 4 as it became the first Chinese bank to sell a senior bond in euros.

BNP Paribas has appointed Simon Gagey as head of loan syndicate and sales for southeast Asia, according to a source at the bank.