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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.

HSBC’s regional head of large corporates for its commercial banking business in Asia Pacific has left.

ABN Amro is set to launch its second Basel III tier two trade in as many weeks and this time is opting for a Singapore dollar-denominated transaction.

After a decade in which they’ve suffered dismal profits, multiple IPO suspensions and a near-disastrous crash in A-shares, China’s foreign-backed securities houses are finally seeing the fruits of their labour. Now a pair of banks, including HSBC, are joining the fray with a new type of joint venture, setting the stage for another industry shake up. John Loh reports.

Unédic and the European Stability Mechanism are set to price euro deals this week, taking advantage of a window before the start of the Easter holidays later this week.

Gategroup, the airline food services company, has increased the size of a revolving credit facility after an amendment operation, giving the company greater financial headroom.

Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) will start investor meetings this week ahead of a potential public bond market debut.