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The equity capital market has kicked back into life this week with a number of high profile deals to test investor appetite. But with investors challenging IPO valuations and volatility causing a scare, lead managers might have to start selling deals on their fundamentals rather than relying on bullish market sentiment to do the job.

Financial institutions bond investors are looking for an ‘attractive entry point’ when HSBC opens books on $5bn-$7bn of additional tier one issuance in the next four months, following the bank's latest results on Tuesday.

The Republic of Slovenia is once again in the market with a liability management exercise that will enable it to tidy its debt structure by buying back up to $650m of its outstanding dollar bonds, as it continues its bid to consolidate its outstanding dollar debt into one bond maturing 2024.

Spain’s first trip to the long end of the curve in almost two years met with an overwhelming response, as the sovereign received one of the largest books ever for a 30 year bond.

HSBC plans to issue between $5bn-$7bn of additional tier one debt in the first half of this year, clearing the path for share buybacks in the second half. The bank is prevented by listing authority rules from issuing AT1 at the same time as running a buyback, meaning it delayed its issuance plans last year.

French issuers ALD and Mercialys continued the triple-B theme of the week in the investment grade corporate bond market when the pair announced new deals on Tuesday. These followed three BBB+ rated credits on Monday.

Turkey’s Akbank has the sole attention of EM investors on Tuesday as it looks to price its second Basel III compliant tier two transaction.

Flemingo Travel Retail has filed a draft red herring prospectus with India’s stock market regulator. The company plans to go public using a mix of new and existing shares.

Spain has picked banks for its second deal of the year, looking towards the long end of the curve for the first time since May 2016.

French property company Icade saw the announcement that the 2024 Olympic Games will be held in Paris as a positive for its portfolio in the French capital. On Monday it sold its fourth corporate bond in two years, creating a steady redemption profile beyond the date of the Games.

Siemens has begun the IPO process for the highly anticipated spin-off of its health division, Siemens Healthineers, by releasing its intention to float document.

The Autonomous Community of Madrid this week made a triumphant second visit to the socially responsible investment (SRI) market as it printed a deal double the size of its debut last year. Further issuance from the borrower — in conventional and SRI format — is likely to come soon, although in private placement (PP) format. But there may be further SRI issuance from some of Madrid’s Spanish peers.