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Mizuho Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB) are out in the dollar bond market, releasing guidance for their respective offerings on Tuesday.

Euros proved the currency of choice for SSA borrowers on Monday with two new issues, two taps and a mandate in the market across a range of maturities.

Private equity firm Permira is merging German debt collector Garfunkelux, which it acquired in July, with British peer Lowell Group — a deal that could play the ‘market opener’ role bankers and investors have awaited since September.

Landsbankinn was set to walk away with €300m of three year money on Monday, but bankers said investor confidence even after a stronger week of trading remains low.

Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) is planning to issue its first G3 bond, having mandated four banks to arrange a series of investor meetings starting this week.

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company is preparing to issue a second dollar bond this year, with investor meetings scheduled for next week.

Rolls-Royce this week injected some life into the primary US dollar bond market’s stuttering new issue engine with its first deal in 22 years.

Banks are grasping at private opportunities throughout their capital curves in search of a safe and affordable source of funding, as a volatile public market proves too rich for bank treasurers' blood and funding costs. Jonathan Breen reports.

Electricité de France this week delivered a lesson in execution and timing as it hoovered up pent up demand for paper as corporate America skulked in earnings blackout amid perkier market conditions.

The European Investment Bank brought a benchmark that public sector bankers hope can bring some stabilisation to the dollar market, as another supranational eyed up a potential new source of demand.

It was just like the good old days in emerging market bonds this week despite the IMF's best attempts to spread doom and gloom. Riding the crest of a wave of supply though were the first Russian corporate deals longer than a year since 2013 — and how investors dived in. Francesca Young reports.

An SSA could bring a euro denominated socially responsible bond next week, joining several others that have mandated for deals, announced roadshows or brought innovative new issues this week.