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KfW equalled its largest ever size for a five year dollar benchmark on Thursday, in its first visit to the belly of the curve in over a year.

South Korea’s Cowell e Holdings has raised HK$884m ($114m) by pricing its IPO just above the bottom of the price range, as concerns about a possible overhang following the listing and the company’s excessive dependence on Apple caused some price sensitivity.

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The spate of very large and strategic block trades has continued this week, with sales of stock in Accor, Dassault Aviation, the London Stock Exchange and Havas, totalling an expected €5.2bn.

Hoist Finance, the Swedish firm that buys and manages unsecured non-performing consumer loans, shot up on Wednesday on the start of trading after its successful Skr2.5bn ($295m) Stockholm listing.

Air France KLM successfully issued its first hybrid bond on Wednesday, a €400m perpetual non-call 5.5 year.

A German agency looks set to be the only SSA issuer to test demand in dollars this week, after mandating banks on Wednesday for a five year deal.

Teva Pharmaceuticals priced its largest euro-denominated bond on Tuesday with a dual tranche eight and 12 year which came roughly flat to the dollar equivalent, according to bankers.

Akbank paid 12.5bp NIP for a rare 10 year senior bond from a Turkish bank on Tuesday, the bank’s second appearance in the international market this year.

South Korea’s Cowell e Holdings has raised HK$884m ($114m) by pricing its IPO just above above the bottom of the price range, as concerns about a possible overhang following the listing and the company’s excessive dependence on Apple caused some price sensitivity.

Air France KLM may have to offer a yield of up to 6% on its unrated hybrid bonds, according to market participants.

Morgan Stanley has appointed Kamal Jabre as head of financial sponsors EMEA, in what is expected to be a final move in its reshuffle of senior leadership.