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The Socialist Republic of Vietnam made a rare appearance in the international debt market on November 6, selling a $1bn 10 year bond that was a blowout with investors. The oversubscription allowed the sovereign to switch large chunks of investors out of costlier existing debt and into the new trade.

Bain Capital has made Rp24.6bn ($400m) by selling a chunk of its shares in India’s Hero MotoCorp in what is one of the largest block trades from the country this year. Strong investor appetite, particularly from long onlys, meant the private equity firm raised almost double its initial target.

Indiabulls Real Estate priced the first offshore property bond out of India on Thursday. A pair of roadshows helped with the price discovery process and the bond raised $175m.

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French telecoms group Altice announced its €7bn offer to buy the Portuguese assets of Portugal Telecom from Oi, the Brazilian telecoms company, on Monday, firing the first round in what looks to be a political bidding war.

SEB got the additional tier one market back on to a strong footing on Thursday, selling the first AT1 from a European bank for almost two months to a rapturous reception. National Australia Bank was also active in the subordinated market, overcoming concerns over a novel structure to sell the first Basel III-compliant tier two deal from an Australian issuer in euros.

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The European Central Bank's covered bond purchase programme (CBPP3) turned relative value upside down this week, with a French deal pricing inside a similar Swedish offering, among a crop of four new issues.

Elizabeth Nolan, ex-head of global client services and client onboarding for markets and investor services at JPMorgan in London, is set to join Deutsche Bank as head of custody and clearing, also in London, effective January 2015.

Alliance Boots’ £12bn leveraged buyout in 2007 was a titanic and totemic deal, which symbolised the height of the pre-crisis LBO wave. This week, the financing was done that will remove the UK pharmacy group’s name from the corporate landscape, merging it with US chain Walgreens into WBA — Walgreens Boots Alliance.

The New Zealand Debt Management Office extended its inflation linked bond curve with a 15 year issue on Wednesday.