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SNCF Réseau became the second SSA issuer of the week to target the long end of the euro curve, printing a €500m May 2037 on Wednesday.

Dubai Islamic Bank priced the year’s first public bond from a Gulf Co-operation Council financial borrower tight to its existing curve on Tuesday thanks to strong demand from regional investors.

State Bank of India launched its $500m fundraising into general syndication on Tuesday via eight mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance has become the latest international name to make its debut in the China auto ABS market, executing a tightly priced Rmb2.5bn ($385m) trade on Tuesday.

HSBC has made a series of senior appointments in India, including promoting Hitendra Dave to head of global banking and markets for the country.

China's Fosun International is planning to spin off and list wholly-owned insurance subsidiary Ironshore, according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

A trio of issuers in euros joined the sole dollar SSA benchmark deal this week in a flurry of pre-holiday activity, with a banker away from the this week's action remarking that the terrorist attacks in Belgium were likely to have a limited effect on SSA deals.

Zodiac Aerospace, the French aeroplane seat maker, has sold a seven year Euro private placement to refinance an older Euro PP and the first instalment of a Schuldschein, both issued in 2013.

Asia's debt market was crowded on Wednesday with three issuers on the hunt for their respective fundraisings ahead of the Easter holiday.

World Bank is looking to grab an arbitrage opportunity with a four year global bond amid a dollar market that already appears to be on its Easter holidays.

Unédic and the European Stability Mechanism nipped in ahead of the Easter holiday to print euro benchmarks, in seven and 20 year tenors, respectively.

Dubai Islamic Bank emerged with the year’s first public deal from a Gulf Co-operation Council financial borrower on Tuesday morning.