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KommuneKredit and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will reopen the dollar market for SSA borrowers on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the EIB is lining up to perform the same service in sterling bonds.

The Indian government is aiming to add around Rp10bn ($146.9m) to its coffers from a sell down of shares in Housing and Urban Development Corp, said a banker working on the deal.

India’s two main stock exchanges are set to start 2017 on a positive note, with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) likely to launch a $200m deal this month and National Stock Exchange (NSE) bringing a jumbo $1bn IPO in the second quarter.

World Bank added an A$75m ($56.2m) tap to its November 2031 Australian dollar bond on Tuesday. The original bond was the first time an SSA had printed a Kangaroo benchmark that far out along the curve.

World Bank added a A$75m ($56.2m) tap to its November 2031 Australian dollar bond on Tuesday. The original bond was the first time an SSA had printed a Kangaroo benchmark that far out the curve.

CEE insurer Eurohold Bulgaria has opened books on a five year Eurobond at low to mid 8%. The unrated issuer is expected to print as early as this week.

Apollo-owned French glass maker Verallia launched a €1.375bn term loan refinancing with a lender call on Thursday afternoon, its first deal since its failed €500m pay-if-you-can dividend recap offering in October.

The African Development Bank printed the longest green bond in the history of the Kangaroo market this Tuesday.

Jérôme Margerin has left the MTN desk at Nomura, where he has worked for more than two years.

Mutual market access (MMA) is about to be strengthened by the impending launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect next month. While much of the focus has been on how access to China will improve, a report from brokerage firm Instinet argues that the real story lies in the internationalisation of Chinese money and how it is impacting trading patterns.

Fixed income specialist SC Lowy, the investment bank based in Hong Kong, has appointed Peter Chung as a senior trader in Europe.

Nomura has tapped James Pearson as head of FIG for Asia ex-Japan, based in Hong Kong, poaching him from Standard Chartered.