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While Montenegro was speedily printing a euro-denominated bond this week, two more central and Eastern European countries queued up behind it to take their own deals on roadshows.

Many portfolio managers saw their hedges clipped over the last six months as breakouts in volatility were quickly reversed.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration, development and production company in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has opened a consent solicitation on its €250m 13% 2017s.

Investors flocked to the Kingdom of Belgium’s inaugural sterling benchmark on Thursday, allowing it to double its original target for the deal.

Asian Development Bank attracted a strong bid from real money investors to a debut green bond on Thursday.

Vattenfall, the Swedish state energy company, has issued €1.65bn equivalent of hybrid bonds in Swedish kronor and euros.

The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) printed a twice subscribed $750m bond on Wednesday, becoming the first oil company from CEEMEA to access the bond since the dramatic fall in the oil price since the end of last year.

Play Finance has increased the size of its secured 2019s by €125m to €725m.

Sappi, the Austrian-South African paper maker, on Thursday priced its €450m of senior secured bonds inside price guidance, into a high yield market with solid demand this week.

Shawbrook launched its IPO on Thursday, as the bank races to become the latest challenger bank to float in London, ahead of the Easter holiday break.

Nordic Investment Bank priced a $1.25bn three year just shy of a double-digit spread through mid-swaps on Thursday — the latest in a round of tightly priced dollar deals this week in the short end of the curve.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi is lining up to issue its debut Basel III tier one bond after receiving approval at its general assembly meeting on Tuesday.