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Ping An Life Insurance Company of China started building books for its inaugural dollar bond on Tuesday, while South Korea’s Woori Bank and China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group are also wooing investors for their respective dollar deals.

Both KfW and the Council of Europe hit the books in sterling-denominated deals that raised £300m apiece.

Kommuninvest and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank are set to bring deals at the short end of the dollar curve on Tuesday — by which time leads are hoping Monday’s turbulent swap spreads will have calmed.

A bevvy of public sector borrowers are lining up euro deals for Tuesday and beyond — but some are opting to hold back price thoughts amid a cluttered and volatile backdrop.

Oman Telecommunications has mandated three banks to arrange investor meetings for a Reg S only dollar and/or Omani rial sukuk.

Webhelp, the French call centre operator, was one of three companies who held bank meetings on Tuesday for leveraged loans. The €640m of first lien debt finances Webhelp’s acquisition by KKR from Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Republic of Poland offered a healthy concession in the early pricing stages as it ventured into the markets with the first bond from CEEMEA in 2016 on Monday.

Intesa Sanpaolo is set to print the first additional tier one transaction of 2016 after opening the dollar tier two market for European banks last week, while ABN Amro opened the euro bank capital market on Monday.

There is no denying markets have given the RMB a rough start to the year. But despite the depreciation pressure on the RMB, the real trend seems to be more market-driven volatility rather than persistent weakening, according to some.

Westpac New Zealand priced an eight year Swiss franc note on Friday, the largest single tranche trade from a New Zealand bank ever in that currency.

Philippe Dischamps has joined Royal Bank of Canada as a managing director, seven months after leaving HSBC.

Westpac New Zealand launched an eight year Swiss franc deal on Friday, making it the second international issuer in the market this week.