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Private bank Otkritie has nearly completed a $185m one year loan, one of only a few international loans completed by Russian banks since the introduction of financial sanctions on the country by the US and European Union in late 2014.

Europe's equity capital market lost no time in hitting back after the scary start of Monday, when world markets tumbled after China's stockmarket went into freefall and Saudi Arabia and Iran's war of words became more rancorous.

If Monday was an ugly beginning to 2016 in the equity capital market, with a 7% fall in Chinese stocks dragging world indices down, Tuesday has been much cheerier, even bringing deals in Europe.

Daimler opened this year's European investment grade corporate bond issuance on Tuesday, selling a barn-storming €3.25bn triple tranche deal that pulled in a €7bn order book.

Arcadis, a Dutch design and consultancy firm, clinched a €300m revolving credit facility from a group of five banks before the Christmas holiday.

Turk Telekom has secured a $150m equivalent 10 year loan from two banks and the Canadian export credit agency (EDC), after loans to the telecommunications sector stalled in 2015.

Automotive company Mazda drew three Japanese banks to its €500m refinancing facility in late December, allocating over half of the deal to two of them, according to a loan official with knowledge of the deal.

Russian fertiliser producer EuroChem has secured a €557m club loan for a subsidiary with the support of SACE, the Italian credit export agency.

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Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is wrapping up syndication for a $4.9bn seven year loan facility and will close the deal before the end of the year, according to a banker with knowledge of the deal.

Syndication for a $145m loan backing the Blackstone Group’s acquisition of business process outsourcing assets in India is close to winding up.

Italian oil drilling company Saipem has revealed its bank group following the company's debut loan syndication.