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Kommunalbanken (KBN) on Tuesday took advantage of Lael Brainard's, a US Federal Reserve governor, dovish comments on US rates from the day before to eliminate any premium paid on its new five year dollar benchmark.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has kicked the week off with a long dated tap in euros and a mandate for a follow-up two year dollar benchmark, which will share Tuesday's market with two other dollar trades.

Yankee banks plundered the dollar market as the high-grade sector got off to a blistering start following the Labor Day holiday.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the US medical equipment manufacturer, on Wednesday pulled in €6.6bn of orders for a €1.6bn dual tranche transaction backing its acquisition of FEI on Wednesday.

SIG Combibloc, the Swiss packaging firm owned by Onex, launched its second repricing request on its leveraged buyout loans with a lender call scheduled for Thursday morning New York time, as replies were due on Armacell's own repricing.

US metal packaging manufacturer Crown Holdings on Thursday priced a dual currency note that will refinance its loans.

Türk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) and Vakifbank have adopted margin ratchets in their latest loans as a swathe of Turkish banks face ratings downgrades.

Turk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) has signed a $567m loan, led by seven bookrunners, which includes the same margin ratchet as other Turkish banks Akbank and Vakifbank.

Qatar National Bank (QNB) hit the screens with the first benchmark trade from the Gulf Cooperation Council after the summer break on Wednesday, taking orders in excess of $2.4bn by 10am.

The long end of the Kanga curve saw action this week, as Japanese investors hunted for yieldy paper.

Hemant Sabherwal, a Hong Kong-based director of equity capital markets at Deutsche Bank, has left the German lender.

The African Development Bank has sold an A$35m ($26.6m) tap of its June 2026 Kangaroo bond.