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The Republic of Korea opened the books for a dual tranche dollar and euro denominated issue on Tuesday. The SEC registered deal is the first dual currency transaction from Korea and from an Asian sovereign since 2006.

Cosmo Lady enticing investors with $200m IPO — Franshion to start PDIE for $400m hospitality spin-off — Frasers Centrepoint on the road for S$600m trust — Samsung Everland plans IPO

Air France-KLM is preparing to issue a new bond, just as Ryanair, an airline that is in many ways from the other end of the spectrum, is also roadshowing for its first ever bond.

CABB, the German speciality chemicals firm, raised €585m of bonds on Friday to back its takeover by Permira, taking the company’s leverage ratio to its highest level yet.

Financiera Independencia (Findep) and Empresas ICA have both followed up new bond issues with strong responses to tender offers for outstanding notes as LatAm borrowers continue to capitalise on strong conditions and low rates to refinance existing debt.

If América Móvil can’t, no one can. That is the message from Latin American DCM bankers and bond buyers as the Mexican telco prepares to bring back local currency issuance to the region with the first reopening of its innovative títulos de crédito extranjero programme in more than a year.

Wells Fargo continued the slew of big ticket issuance from financial names with a $4.5bn deal that pushed its total dollar funding in the past six weeks beyond $8bn.

French insurer CNP Assurances highlighted the scale of demand for sub debt from insurance companies on Tuesday, drawing a monster order book for its first deal in almost a year.

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Andrew Jarman, who was European head of high yield credit trading at Deutsche Bank, has joined Mizuho in the same role as part of the firm's build out in leveraged products, writes Hazel Sheffield.

Renewed appetite for India following the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s resounding victory in the country’s recent elections helped Syndicate Bank’s 5.5 year bond to price well inside its existing curve on Wednesday.