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The World Bank seemed to find the point of investor exhaustion with its 10 year dollar deal on Wednesday following a recent spate of successful similar deals from other borrowers.

Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) was able to tighten pricing beyond guidance on a 12 year bond, one of its longest dated issues, this week.

Russian potash producer Uralkali hit the market on Tuesday, tightening pricing on a $500m bond issue, the borrower's first international deal since 2013. DCM bankers are confident Russian issuance will continue to fill the market throughout the fourth quarter, as Norilsk Nickel began a roadshow.

The African Export Bank (Afreximbank) has confirmed its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange, paving the way for a $250m IPO.

India oil refining and petrochemical company HPCL-Mittal Energy found support for its $300m bond sale on Tuesday, after offering investors a generous premium.

Germany’s Deutsche Bahn printed a €2bn dual tranche hybrid trade on Monday, with bankers off the deal heaping accolades on the borrower.

JP Morgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs kicked off the third quarter results season for investment banks on Tuesday. While debt and equity underwriting revenues grew substantially at JP Morgan compared with the equivalent quarter of last year, they fell at Goldman.

The World Bank appointed banks on Tuesday to lead its first 10 year dollar benchmark in almost two years to join a flurry of SSAs who have recently ventured into this rarely visited part of the curve in the currency. Meanwhile, Finnvera has mandated banks for its second syndicated trade of the year.

German property developer Garbe Industrial Real Estate has postponed the IPO of Logistrial, its logistical properties unit, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Three issuers spanning the CEEMEA region released initial guidance for dollar deals on Tuesday morning in London — one each from Russia, Abu Dhabi and Togo. All three bonds are expected to be printed later on Tuesday.

High grade corporate borrowers were quick out of the traps on Monday, cramming in before the blackout period to raise around €5bn-equivalent of bond funding from order books many multiples of that.

Germany’s ZF Friedrichshafen set final terms on a multi-tranche €2.7bn bond on Monday, with the car parts maker seeing far more demand at wider spreads than where it raised a similar amount in the Schuldschein market in recent weeks.