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The Inter-American Development Bank is the latest issuer to enter a red hot dollar market, after KommuneKredit and the Asian Development Bank raised money on Wednesday.

The European Stability Mechanism is seeking ideas for a bond issue next week, as the euro market burst back into life following a holiday across much of Europe on Wednesday.

After the second half of last year proved a real headache for primary issuance, participants in the European IPO market are readying themselves to brave markets that could be just as choppy in the first half of 2016. As Olivier Holmey reports, some of 2015’s innovations are likely to become widespread.

Europe's equity capital market lost no time in hitting back after the scary start of Monday, when world markets tumbled after China's stockmarket went into freefall and Saudi Arabia and Iran's war of words became more rancorous.

Last year’s difficult dollar conditions looked firmly in the past on Tuesday as a pair of issuers tapped different parts of the curve for big deals — and other issuers readied themselves for trades.

Korea Midland Power Co (Komipo) has mandated three banks for a dollar offering ahead of the redemption of an outstanding note due in March.

A pair of SSA heavyweights are limbering up for the first public sector dollar benchmarks since the US Federal Reserve raised rates late in 2015 — and plenty more could follow ahead of the next Fed conflab.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the financial institutions, public sector, emerging markets and corporate bond markets. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The FIG Deals of the Year 2015 winners are presented here.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the emerging market, public sector, financial institution and corporate bond markets. Below are the EM Deals of the Year 2015. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The winners are presented here.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the corporate, public sector, financial institution and emerging market bond markets. Below are the Corporate Deals of the Year 2015. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The winners are presented here.

Solvay, the Belgian chemical company, achieved a 95% take-up for its €1.5bn rights issue, which concluded last week, to finance its $5.5bn takeover of Cytec Industries – one of 2015’s most prominent M&A financings in the European equity capital market.

Morgan Stanley has rehired Olga Basirov on to its senior relationship management team after she spent several years on the buyside.