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The Republic of the Philippines is getting ready to meet investors to provide them an update on recent economic developments and performance.

The International Finance Corporation proved that there is demand for the tightest of issuers at the 10 year part of the dollar curve, after it printed a $700m April 2026 global green bond on Wednesday.

Isbank emerged on Wednesday with the first senior deal from a Turkish financial borrower since last April.

Western Digital, the US maker of computer hard drives, has widened pricing on its $9.5bn loan package to entice reluctant lenders. The loan will back Western Digital’s $17bn acquisition of SanDisk.

Poland has released price guidance for its first international dollar bond since its tumultuous January euro print.

Issuers have nipped into the euro market after Easter with some canny deals. Meanwhile the dollar market was watching US Federal Reserve chairperson, Janet Yellen, who on Tuesday said that the possibility of further rate hikes was “not a plan set in stone”.

The only spot of new bond activity in the CEEMEA market so far in this week was Poland’s first dollar deal of the year, but there was plenty of loans market activity in the region to keep bankers occupied.

Hong Kong Broadband Network has signed a HK$700m ($90m) loan to fund the acquisition of telecommunication businesses Concord Ideas and Simple Click Investments, with the first drawdown scheduled to take place on Thursday.

The Government of Mongolia raised $500m from the international bond market on Tuesday, opting to pay up to compensate investors for its vulnerability to external shocks.

Kia Motors Corp is ready to hit the road for a 144A/Reg S bond that could come to the market as early as mid April.

The Japan Finance Organisation for Municipalities picked banks on Tuesday for a forthcoming dollar deal, while bankers said that the dollar market is likely to shrug off any announcements from a speech by the US Federal Reserve chair later on Tuesday.

The International Finance Corporation is set to extend its green — and conventional — curve with its first 10 year dollar syndication for over 20 years, in what bankers suggest will be the strongest indicator so far for the level of demand returning to the tenor.