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Polish insurer Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (PZU) has picked banks for a tap of a 2019 euro transaction.

Metro Retail Stores Group started pre-marketing its Ps5.61bn ($119.90m) IPO on Monday, with joint global co-ordinators BPI Capital and Deutsche Bank expected to meet investors over the week.

Angola has decided to issue domestic debt linked to the dollar and shelved a plan for a Eurobond, according to analysts.

Private equity firm Permira is merging German debt collector Garfunkelux, which it acquired in July, with British peer Lowell Group — a deal that could play the ‘market opener’ role bankers and investors have awaited since September.

NordLB capitalised on additional investor demand to print a €100m tap on Monday.

Taiwanese company Quanta Computer has selected banks to lead its latest $400m borrowing.

Landsbankinn was set to walk away with €300m of three year money on Monday, but bankers said investor confidence even after a stronger week of trading remains low.

Garanti has taken the first step to refinance its second loan of the year, with tranches of up to $1.5bn and €1.5bn.

CRRC Corp has received the thumbs up from its board to sell a convertible bond worth up to $1bn, making it the first Chinese issuer to tap the offshore equity-linked market following the National Development and Reform Commission’s (NDRC) overhaul of foreign debt sales.

China Reinsurance opened its HK$15.6bn ($2.01bn) IPO with a bang on Monday, putting around half the deal in the hands of cornerstones and sending out a covered book message just hours after launch.

China Construction Bank is set to price the first offshore renminbi bond in more than two months, which bankers say is part of the government’s initiative to open up the dim sum bond market. The notes will also mark the first CNH deal under the newly established NDRC rules.

GlobalRMB is reporting from Sibos 2015 in Singapore this week. Here we round up the best from day one of the conference including DBS CEO Piyush Gupta and Boston Consulting Group. Keep checking throughout the day for new updates.