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Latin American euro denominated issuance looks here to stay, no matter the arguments made against it by US bankers, after Colombia sold its first bond in the single currency since 2001 on Wednesday.

Options traders are increasingly pricing renminbi in line with G7 foreign exchange, a trend that could boost the intensity of swings in market positioning, strategists have warned.

Delta Lloyd, the Dutch insurance firm, received shareholder approval on Wednesday for a rights issue to strengthen its solvency, after a bitter fight with some of its investors, who publicly criticised the planned deal.

India’s HealthCare Global Enterprises has begun bookbuilding for a listing which could raise up to Rp6.5bn ($96.5m).

Delta Lloyd’s largest shareholder continues to oppose the Dutch insurance company’s planned rights issue, which it said on Monday was “massively dilutive” and would “unnecessarily overcapitalise the company at the expense of shareholders”.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has promoted a new head of global capital markets from its leveraged finance division.

Secure Income Reit, the UK business that listed on London’s junior stock exchange nearly two years ago, has launched a secondary placing of shares in a bid to widen its shareholder base.

Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba has launched its latest loan at $3bn, less than a week after it signed an agreement with eight mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. However, the financing could be even bigger, with the top group hoping demand will be strong enough to increase it to $4bn by the end of syndication.

China Zheshang Bank has launched a Hong Kong IPO of up to HK$13.6bn ($1.75bn), which has the potential to be the largest listing in the city so far in 2016.

ArcelorMittal’s share price shot up on Friday March 11 after the Amsterdam-listed miner and steel maker set the terms for its $3bn rights issue, but then dived on Tuesday morning and though it has recovered, is now lower than last week.

A $300m three year loan for Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has been allocated, with the borrowing capped at the launch size despite an oversubscription.

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi did not disappoint with his latest burst of stimulus on Thursday — although some public sector bankers felt his latest efforts to boost the eurozone economy could have damaging effects on the SSA bond market.