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The International Finance Corporation tapped a July 2026 Australian dollar bond for A$50m ($38.1m) on Monday. As part of its efforts to increase the minimum size of its 10 year Kangaroo taps from A$20m to A$50m, the IFC found investors to top up an initial A$30m reverse enquiry.

Citic Group has become the first Chinese issuer to tap the Japanese yen market in 16 years, opening the door for borrowers from the mainland to access liquidity in the Samurai market.

Turk Eximbank became the third Turkish borrower to tap the dollar market in less than a week on Tuesday, raising $500m of seven year funding.

Snam visited the euro corporate bond market for the second week in a row on Tuesday, issuing a €500m four year bond and clinching a 0% coupon for the offering.

Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Property Holdings is looking to take advantage of a recent rating upgrade to ready a bond offering.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) executed yet another blockbuster $2.5bn trade on Thursday just a few months after printing a deal of the same size. Korea's first four-tranche trade drew a strong response from the market, allowing the policy bank to price inside its existing curve.

Mizuho has hired Jason Fertig as head of healthcare investment banking for North America. Fertig joins from Nomura, where he was co-head of Americas healthcare investment banking.

A diverse group of issuers forged ahead with their respective fundraisings on Thursday, seeking everything from dollars to Singapore dollars and green debt.

Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners has hired a head for its alternative credit boutique to oversee €14bn of assets, as the firm also plans to increase its focus on private debt.

Some eight banks that arranged Saudi Arabia’s $10bn loan in May have secured berths on the sovereign's bond extravaganza that is due to kick off this week.

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA) completed its loan refinancing last week and grew the deal from $320.5m to $400m in syndication after strong support from lenders, according to a lead banker.

Gas Authority of India (GAIL) has rolled a $300m refinancing into general syndication through three mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.