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German internet payment Wirecard sold a €365m block of new shares on Tuesday night, raising capital to fund acquisitions after the shares had seen a strong recent run.

Indian state-owned oil company Bharat Petroleum sold its debut Swiss franc on Tuesday morning, the first deal in the currency from the country since 2012. Brazilian financial Banco Safra could follow with a Swiss deal of its own in the near future.

The coming weeks represent an opportunity for sovereign, supranational and agency issuers to price aggressive deals as investors pockets bulge even after the traditional rush of issuance in the first few weeks of the year. Bankers in the sector are egging on issuers to bring deals to take advantage of the demand.

Australian lender Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is set to sell its debut Swiss franc bond on Tuesday afternoon, adding variety to a market where Australian issuance has been dominated by a small number of issuers.

Gemdale (Asia) Investment launched a three year dim sum bond on Wednesday to refinance its existing bonds after management change at the company triggered a change of control put. Negative headwinds from China rather than the trigger meant that demand for the bond was weaker, according to bankers on the deal.

Gemdale (Asia) Investment launched a three year Dim Sum bond on Wednesday to refinance its existing bonds after an ownership change at the company triggered a change of control put. Bankers on the deal argued about whether perceptions of weak demand were down to negative economic headwinds from China rather than the CoC, however.

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, the Irish property firm, has completed its £910m London IPO having increased the size of the deal after bookbuilding began.

Germany's HeidelbergCement has slashed the margin it pays for syndicated loans, signing a new €3bn five year refinancing loan with an out of the box margin of 95bp, a 30bp reduction on the debt it is repaying.

Gemdale (Asia) Investment is out with guidance for a new dim sum bond and joins the raft of Chinese property names to have already hit the market this year.

Investors tired of the virtuous tone of Unibail’s green bond last week had a pleasant antidote today: a €1.75bn two-trancher from Philip Morris International.

Germany’s Aareal Bank is looking to tap domestic and Germanic demand for its first publicly sold tier two deal, with a roadshow starting next Monday.

Blog caught enough of last week’s Brit Awards to see James Corden introduce Beyoncé and then embarrass himself after her performance by gushing about his proximity to such celebrity. Then we saw Katy Perry do an awful impression of an English accent, presumably modelled on erstwhile husband Russell Brand. But who was covering the awards for the banking community?