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Two issuers from the eurozone’s periphery hit the senior market on Thursday despite a halt in the rally triggered by a rates cut from the European Central Bank last week.

Kookmin Bank will be meeting investors during the next two weeks for a proposed international bond.

Indian Oil Corporation launched its $650m five year loan into syndication on June 6 after adding five mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners to the existing nine.

PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) printed the first dollar corporate hybrid from Thailand on Wednesday, a perpetual non call five. Despite a noisy Thai political backdrop, the deal attracted a legion of yield-hungry investors who drove final pricing a staggering 37.5bp tighter than initial guidance.

Eleven banks have joined Chinese state-owned grain trader COFCO’s $3.2bn dual tranche loan, even though it was launched at a time when regulators were cracking down on bank exposure to China.

France returned to the primary debt market this week with its first syndicated linker in more than three years, drawing a hefty order book for the inflation-linked bonds despite concerns over deflation in the eurozone.

Georges Elhedery has been appointed as head of global banking and markets, MENA at HSBC.

Goodman Hong Kong Finance opened the books for its inaugural dollar bond on Thursday following the establishment of an EMTN programme.

OCBC has opened guidance on its second Basel III compliant tier two offering of the year as it looks to acquire Hong Kong's Wing Hang Bank.

OCBC has opened guidance on its second Basel III compliant tier two offering of the year as it looks to acquire Hong Kong's Wing Hang Bank.

Investors poured into Beijing Enterprises Group Company’s (BE Group) HK$4.31bn ($556m) exchangeable bond on June 10 as the opportunity to invest in a major blue chip was too good to ignore even though the terms were aggressive.

Sovereign, supranational and agency bankers are braced for a busy week of issuance, as demand for paper soars in the wake of the European Central Bank’s unveiling of a series of measures which have butchered rates last Thursday.