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A boost in deal activity in March has brought Latin American year-to-date new issuance volumes back to parity with 2015 as the end of the first quarter draws near, according to Dealogic.

Russian container terminal operator Global Ports Investments has mandated six banks for its debut Eurobond and is embarking on a roadshow for the deal. The last time a debut issuer from the country tapped the bond markets was in 2013.

The Government of Mongolia finally dipped its toes into the international bond market, raising $500m from a 144A five year trade this week. The sovereign managed to assuage investors concerned about the twin headwinds of volatile commodities prices and slowdown in China, but had to pay up in the process. Narae Kim reports.

Isbank reopened the senior market for Turkish financials in style on Wednesday with an oversubscribed deal that was priced tight to the issuer’s existing curve.

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.