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Philippe Dischamps, global head of equity-linked bonds at HSBC in London, left the bank a couple of weeks ago, as part of a staff restructuring.

Salzgitter, a German maker of steel products and tubes with a €2bn market cap, returned to the equity-linked debt market on Tuesday with a €168m deal that was priced at very aggressive terms, reflecting investors’ eager demand for convertibles.

Spain and Council of Europe Development Bank hit the long end of the curve in euros on Tuesday ahead of a Greek debt repayment deadline later this week.

Rentenbank opted to increase the size of a 10 year dollar benchmark over squeezing the pricing tighter on Tuesday.

Asian Development Bank on Wednesday sold its first bond in Canadian dollars this year, which was also its largest print in the currency on a single visit.

FMS Wertmanagement placed a short three year bond in sterling on Tuesday, while the European Investment Bank announced a tap of a 2021 line in the currency.

Sunway Construction Group has kicked off investor education for its Malaysian IPO of about $150m, with strong indications already coming in from domestic investors eager to sign up as cornerstones.

The bookbuild for the IPO of Spie —the French electrical, telecoms and technical services company — was launched on Monday June 1, and was covered on the first day.

A German agency is set to bring a dollar benchmark in 10 years — a tenor that could be due for a comeback after being largely shunned in May.

Asian Development Bank on Monday mandated banks for its first bond in Canadian dollars this year.

Coal bed methane producer AAG Energy Holdings has fired up its $300m to $400m Hong Kong IPO plans, having started pre-marketing the deal to investors on Monday, June 1.

Darling Ingredients, the Texas-based food ingredients maker, sold a €515m senior unsecured bond to yield 4.75% on Friday, even as French cable manufacturer Nexans was pulling its €250m deal.