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A bevy of SSA issuers was able to print dollar benchmarks at tight levels this week, crystallising strong performances seen since the start of the year.

Spain dived head first into the enticing liquidity pouring from the European Central Bank and came up dripping with cash this week, but its innovative syndication and two day switch offering combination may well be better remembered for how the ripples affected other sovereigns in the pool rather than the initial splash it made, said bankers. Craig McGlashan reports.

Dutch coffee company DE Master Blenders has divided its €7.5bn acquisition loan into four tranches.

Alvise Munari, global head of equity derivatives sales at Morgan Stanley in London, and Pierre Mendelsohn, head of Asia equity derivatives distribution in Hong Kong, have both left the firm.

Mobile network operator Idea Cellular raised Rp30bn ($507m) on June 6 in what was the third largest ECM trade in India so far this year.

GS Caltex returned to the dollar market on Wednesday with a five year bond that was priced inside the issuer’s existing curve on the back of strong investor appetite for Korean credits.

Water purification firm Ozner Water International Holding raised HK$1.24bn ($147m) on June 11, pricing its Hong Kong IPO at the top of guidance thanks to overwhelming demand from institutional and retail investors. But the downside to the strong showing is that lots of bids will be crossed out.

Sovereign, supranational and agency bankers are braced for a busy week of issuance, as demand for paper soars in the wake of the European Central Bank’s unveiling of a series of measures which have butchered rates last Thursday.

Hong Kong Huafa Investment unveiled its debut offshore renminbi bond on Wednesday. The three year issue is the second dim sum transaction this month to be backed by a standby letter of credit (SBLC).

GS Caltex Corp has opened guidance on a five year fixed rate bond and joins a number of Korean names in the market today bond issuance continues to ramp up.

Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) priced a $500m three year bond on Monday. Unlike with its debut dollar deal in July 2011, the state owned company opted to back the issue with a standby letter of credit (SBLC) from Bank of China London branch in order to lower its funding costs.

Books for Emaar Malls Group’s 10 year benchmark sukuk have already passed $2bn with roadshows still underway, after the company gave initial price thoughts on Tuesday of 200bp area over mid-swaps.