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The International Development Agency sold a sterling benchmark on Wednesday, raising £1bn with its second benchmark in the currency.

Portugal was awash with demand as it came to the market on Wednesday for a new 30 year euro benchmark, following well-received syndicated deals from Belgium and Finland on Tuesday.

Cellnex, the Spanish telecoms infrastructure company, has returned to the equity capital markets with a huge €7bn rights issue to finance its acquisition of French competitor Hivory from Altice and KKR.

Chinese biopharmaceutical duo WuXi Biologics (Cayman) and InnoCare Pharma raised a combined HK$16.2bn ($2.1bn) on Tuesday from selling new stock.

JP Morgan’s head of southeast Asia equity capital markets has resigned, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Prologis, the US logistics real estate investment trust, proved that highly rated corporates can still entice investors, with the issuer printing long maturity debt inside fair value despite tight spreads.

Cyprus attracted sold demand when it hit the market for a new five euro benchmark on Tuesday. The trade was priced with a positive yield – a rarity for a eurozone sovereign bond in this part of the curve.

Portugal mandated banks on Tuesday to lead the sale of a new 30 year bond as it looks to pounce on the strong investor appetite in the long end of the euro curve.

The World Bank hit the long end of the dollar market on Tuesday. It was joined in the currency by a French agency issuing at the popular five year tenor.

Polish social and mobile gaming company Huuuge will price its Warsaw IPO at Z50, the top of the initial range, valuing the business at Z4.6bn ($1.2bn), according to sources close to the transaction.

The euro public sector bond market has got off to a busy start to February. Three eurozone sovereigns have announced syndicated issues, while the European Financial Stability Facility made a €2bn intraday tap on Monday to round off its first quarter funding target.

The World Bank will be the latest public sector borrower to hit the long end of the dollar curve after mandating banks on Monday for a new 10 year benchmark, taking advantage of the increased investor appetite for this maturity as a result of the higher yields on offer.