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The Republic of Paraguay tapped its dollar bonds due 2023 for a further $280m on Friday, taking advantage of a positive market tone in Latin America on the back of Petrobras releasing full year results.

German baby products retail website Windeln.de launched on Thursday the bookbuilding phase of its initial public offering in Frankfurt, having set the price range on Wednesday at €16.50 to €20.50 a share.

Public sector issuance of floating rate notes may drop after the benchmark three month Euribor rate fixed at a sub-zero level this week for the first time, throwing up potential added costs for issuers.

Read on to see how selected French agencies are progressing through their 2015 funding programmes.

Chemours, the titanium, fluoroproducts and chemical solutions business being spun off by EI du Pont de Nemours & Co, has started a roadshow in London for a €350m bond issue, as part of a larger $2.5bn offering of senior unsecured notes.

TH Real Estate, the UK investment manager, has signed a £400m loan with new and relationship banks for its commercial property fund, UK Retail Warehouse Fund.

Leeds Building society surprised on Friday by hitting the euro market for a seven year print, the only senior deal in euros from a financial this week.

Having taken its first taste of international sukuk this week, Dubai's Noor Bank plans to fund 10%-15% of its balance sheet through Islamic loans and bonds.

Wastewater treatment company United Envirotech has injected some much needed energy into the Singapore dollar bond market, amassing a huge order book in a market that has only seen a tepid demand in recent months.

This week’s official launch of the new free trade zones (FTZ) in the city of Tianjin and the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian has coincided with a new shortening of the negative list that determines which sectors in China are off-limits to foreign investors.

South Korea’s Shinsegae Group has picked a sole bookrunner as it gears up for a comeback to the international bond market after a hiatus of almost eight years. Pre-marketing for a new 30 year non call five is due to kick off next week.

In this round-up, Malaysia and China renew their bilateral swap agreement, Thailand launches RMB clearing services, and the Silk Road Fund makes its first investment into Pakistan.