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The World Bank on Tuesday mandated for a dollar benchmark, as action in the market heated up in anticipation of the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting on March 15-16.

Unibail-Rodamco, the Franco-Dutch property company, finally pounced on the euro bond market on Tuesday after just over two weeks of stalking attractive pricing levels.

KfW is set to print a 10 year euro benchmark, following in the footsteps of Belgium and Finland, this week as issuers attempt to conclude funding before the European Central Bank’s meeting on March 10.

Banca Popolare di Vicenza has filed a request for admission of its shares on Borsa Italiana, ahead of a shareholder vote to approve the bank’s IPO and capital increase.

Barclays' new chief executive is asking shareholders to have a lot of faith. Selling off a profitable part of the business to double down on a less profitable line is a bold call. The market can't be this bad forever, but don't expect the dividend back any time soon.

With foreign ownership of Chinese bonds still at very low levels, the decision to open China’s interbank bond market (CIBM) could truly alter global investment strategies. But, at least for now, the devil will be in the details, with analysts saying that foreign ownership is unlikely to surge in the short term.

Two European sovereigns mandated for benchmark bonds in euros on Monday leading what is expected to be a scramble to get in and out of the primary market before the European Central Bank meeting on March 10.

UniCredit was largely absent from the euro senior market last year, but, having successfully priced a new seven year last Friday, the bank’s head of group finance expects a busier year in 2016.

A record breaking start to the year for SSA issuance in sterling kept pace this week, as the bond market showed little sign of contagion from a drop in the currency to a seven year low versus the dollar — and indeed may even have received a boost from the devalued currency.

The long end of the euro curve is wide open for public sector borrowers, after a pair of issuers printed deals this week and speculation grew that further central bank stimulus is on the way.

Pirelli will not refinance its €6.8bn acquisition bridge loan in the bond market as planned. A torpid high yield bond market has spooked the borrower away from capital markets and back to bank loans.

Senvion, the German wind turbine maker, has become the first of this year’s second wave of IPO candidates, announcing on Monday this week its intention to float in Frankfurt.