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Public sector issuers “can do whatever they want” in a rampant dollar market, with investors ploughing into books despite deals pricing close to or flat to their curves.

India’s most popular matchmaking website Matrimony.com has refiled for an IPO with a new syndicate team and a smaller fundraising target.

Nomura has hired a veteran of Latin American bond markets as a managing director as it looks to build its business in the region.

Public sector borrowers are rushing back into dollars after a quiet few weeks for the currency, with a trio of issuers taking indications of interest for Wednesday business.

Bpifrance Financement broke its size record on Tuesday, nipping back into capital markets ahead of several of its compatriots, according to a funding official at the issuer. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and NRW.Bank also made the most of the stable conditions, printing their own benchmarks.

South Korea’s Woori Bank sneaked into the debt market on Monday with a $500m Basel III additional tier one, timing its deal for the day before the country held its presidential election.

Three public sector borrowers hit screens on Monday, mandating in a euro market buoyed by the defeat of National Front candidate Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French presidential election on Sunday.

The Asian G3 debt market opened on Monday with two deals from financial names and a mandate, in addition to two launches from corporates, following the positive sentiment overnight from the French presidential election.

India’s first infrastructure investment trust bounded to a solid finish with IRB InvIT Fund’s Rp46.5bn ($727.4m) IPO closing 8.6x covered.

Kommunalbanken increased an Australian dollar bond tap on Thursday, as the reopened 4.25% July 2025 line enticed Asian central banks, while Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten tapped a 10 year Australian dollar bond twice in a week, raising A$155m ($116.7m) from Asian investors.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has tapped a 10 year Australian dollar bond twice in a week, raising A$155m ($116.7m) from central Asian and Japanese investors.

On Thursday night, Nomura launched the sale of a 1.6% stake in Standard Chartered, the UK emerging markets-focused lender, through an accelerated bookbuild led by Barclays.