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Finland showed what is possible at a deeply negative swap spread and sub 1% yield in the long dated part of the euro curve on Tuesday.

Madrid has raised 15 year cash with its second bond in as many weeks — and the borrower’s sovereign could break its yield record at a similar tenor on Thursday.

Syngenta, the company created in 2000 through the merger of the spun-off agribusinesses of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis and the UK's AstraZeneca, has priced a €500m 12.5 year bond.

Edenred, the French prepayment services company, issued a €500m 10 year bond on Tuesday to fund its €150m acquisition of 34% of Germany’s Union Tank Eckstein, and to refinance debt.

Malaysia has shortlisted banks for its return the international sukuk market after four years away, and bankers expect it to announce the final mandate soon, according GlobalCapital Asia's sister publication, the Islamic Finance Information Service.

TMB Bank priced the first dim sum bond out of Thailand on March 2, raising Rmb600m ($97m) with a three year offering.

The wave of US companies issuing bonds showed no signs of breaking this week, as Michigan-based breakfast cereal and snack maker Kellogg led the charge on Monday.

Details on the pricing, levels and tenor Haitong International Securities Group’s HK$4bn ($515m) financing, which was launched into syndication last week.

Joy City Property, which was acquired by Cofco Land Holdings in December last year, plans to raise up to HK$6.40bn ($825m) from a one-for-two rights offering, as it seeks to pay off the outstanding balance of the acquisition.

The management team of India’s VRL Logistics started meeting investors on Monday, March 2, for its listing on the country’s National and Bombay stock exchanges, in an IPO which will raise $60m to $70m from investors.

Thailand’s TMB Bank is set to end a nine year absence from the international bond market having started receiving bids for an offshore RMB (CNH) bond on March 2. If successful, TMB could become the first Thai issuer to print in the currency.

Asiamoney is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Australia Awards. After suggestions by bankers from global and domestic institutions, we weighed the most impressive deals and banks in the market last year. The decisions were not always easy, but we hope to have picked a series of winners that truly highlight the breadth of potential in Australia's capital market. It was a good year for the overall market; it was a great year for the winners below.