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Slovenia is planning to tap its euro Reg S 2.125% 2025s and 2.25% 2032s to fund its dollar bond buy-back.

Spain has nipped in ahead of its eurozone periphery peer Italy, mandating banks for a debut 50 year euro benchmark on the same day that the Community of Madrid had a strong showing at the short end and Greek yields rallied across the curve.

Public sector issuers are printing at the short end of the dollar curve, a tactic they are likely to stick to in the build-up to the next US Federal Reserve rate decision on June 15, said bankers.

BOC Aviation will launch bookbuilding for its $2bn Hong Kong IPO next Monday and is in the process of finalising the involvement of cornerstone investors, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

Shares in newly christened Moneta Money Bank traded up 1.6% today, after its IPO on Friday that earned its former owner General Electric around $747m.

The Community of Madrid is preparing its first syndicated bond in a year, as the Republic of Italy considers following the lead of France and Belgium by publically issuing a 50 year bond.

ICBC Financial Leasing is on the road to meet investors ahead of plans to sell its first dollar bond of the year.

Samsung Biologics, which sent out a request for proposals for its South Korean IPO on April 29, is understood to have invited nine domestic and six international firms to submit bids.

Philip Morris International this week printed the European corporate bond market’s fourth 20 year trade, with tight pricing, but despite an ECB guarantee to buy still longer dated paper supply looks set to stay subdued.

Centrica, the UK energy supply, trading and production company, raised £700m of new capital on Thursday to support its credit ratings with an intraday placement, but that was less than the £750m it set out to raise, and its share price fell 9.8%.

Orange returned to the European benchmark bond market on Tuesday after a two year hiatus, as it issued a €750m nine year transaction that benefited from the company's infrequent issuance.

Inovyn, the UK-headquartered PVC producer 50% owned by Ineos, and Telenet, the Belgium broadband services provider owned by Liberty Global, both had replies due on Thursday for loan packages.