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CPPIB Capital is looking to step across the Atlantic into euros, selecting four banks to roadshow its euro debut. Elsewhere, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) sent out its first request for proposals for the second quarter.

French cable manufacturer Nexans launched a €200m bond on Wednesday, bringing back the bookrunners on a bond sale it had to cancel two years ago — but this time, the market was ‘diametrically different’, said bankers.

Saipem, the Italian oil and gas engineering group, entered the high yield bond market on Wednesday, backed by a return to profit and rising oil prices, in a deal set to attract the company’s home crowd.

Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) is on track to become the fifth bank from the Gulf state to access the dollar market this year, while Ezdan pulls off a coup for lower rated names in the sukuk market.

Credit Bank of Moscow was on track to print its first Basel III compliant deal and had taken books of $1.7bn by Wednesday morning.

Chatter about the 'Trump Dump' as investors lose confidence in US economic stimulus may be intensifying, but it has not produced the equity correction predicted, and capital markets in Europe are ploughing ahead, unfazed by the UK's triggering of Article 50 on Wednesday.

Segro, the UK real estate investment trust, successfully completed its £576m rights issue with a £16.7m rump placement on Tuesday morning.

South Korea’s KEB Hana Bank on Monday priced a $500m three year floating rate bond — its first after a merger — around theoretical fair value, with political turmoil in the country not denting investor sentiment.

Indonesia Eximbank is meeting investors for its second dollar bond, while Indika Energy is looking to refinance its 2018s with new notes.

Hochtief, the German construction firm, has raised €500m with a Schuldschein issue, more than triple the €150m it initially sought, as domestic and international investors welcomed a favourite issuer back to the market.

Allocations have emerged for a $1.75bn multi-tranche borrowing by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, with retail liquidity ending up concentrated on a longer dated portion.

Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) sealed the year’s first offshore rupee-denominated bond and the largest so far from an Indian name, pricing the Rp33bn ($504m) notes tighter than its onshore curve, said bankers.