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Zhongrong International Trust is set to start is non deal roadshow next week with a series of investor meetings in Asia and Europe, a banker close to the deal told GlobalRMB.

The sudden bankruptcy of OW Bunker, the world’s largest shipping fuel supplier and Denmark’s third largest company by sales, in November last year shocked the equity capital markets.

Emirates Airlines took the export credit agency (ECA) sukuk guarantee for a successful test flight this week, delighting bankers hoping to make the product a regular occurrence.

Arab Investment Bank (AIB), a Cairo-based lender, has signed an agreement with the Islamic Development of the Private Sector (ICD) to set up a a Sharia-compliant leasing company in Egypt.

Afaq Khan, the chief executive of Standard Chartered Saadiq, is leaving the bank, according to a spokesperson at Standard Chartered.

Latin American DCM bankers are hopeful that depressed corporate bond volumes will pick up after Easter.

Bankers covering Latin America praised Colombia’s quick reaction pouncing on a rally in US Treasuries to issue a $1bn 30 year bond on Monday.

What syndicate bankers are describing as the “Brazil premium” means that even Brazilian borrowers unaffected directly by the scandal at state-owned energy company Petrobas remain absent from international debt capital markets.

Russian sovereign Eurobonds have rallied a lot since the end of January, dragging along many corporates with them. A number of factors are contributing to the apparent optimism, but analysts are debating how long the rally can last.

National Bank of Egypt has sent out a request for proposals for a Eurobond, according to bankers.

Asset managers and the funds that they manage do not present systemic risk according to a letter to the Financial Stability Oversight Council from two trade associations, and as a result, should be independently reviewed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

With the Easter holidays a week away, many people may be heading home to see family, taking the kids away for a weekend, or preparing to enjoy a four day weekend some other way.