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The Slovak Republic has mandated three banks for a Reg S 15 year public benchmark. It added that it will wait until the second quarter of the year at the earliest to tap the private placement market.

The Sultanate of Oman signed a $1bn five year loan on Tuesday, with 11 banks in the oversubscribed deal, despite the sovereign being hit by a downgrade in the middle of the deal.

A bevvy of public sector borrowers are lining up euro deals for Tuesday and beyond — but some are opting to hold back price thoughts amid a cluttered and volatile backdrop.

B&B Hotels, France’s third largest budget hotels group, launched a covenant-lite senior term loan to early birds this week, backing its €800m buyout by PAI Partners from the Carlyle Group and Montefiore Investment.

BBVA, BFCM and BPCE met with strong investor demand for euro senior unsecured deals on Monday, as peripheral and longer dated debt proved no deterrent to buyers.

Oman is finalising a $1bn sovereign loan and could sign as early as tomorrow (Thursday), according to a banker on the deal.

Hong Kong-listed China SCE Property has completed a $400m fundraising via four mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

French lender Natixis has bolstered its Asia Pacific team with a pair of senior appointments to its fixed income and equity units.

The global head of debt capital markets for financial institutions and public sector issuers at Natixis has left the bank.

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Kathrein, the German communications technology manufacturer, has signed a €350m revolving credit facility for refinancing purposes.