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A trio of top tier SSA names nipped through a narrow issuance window at the start of the week to launch tightly priced dollar benchmarks.

Telecom hardware company Tejas Networks has returned to the market for a listing, having first proposed an IPO before the financial crisis.

A former managing director at Goldman Sachs has joined Nomura as a managing director in its leveraged finance division.

Kommunalbanken (KBN) on Tuesday took advantage of Lael Brainard's, a US Federal Reserve governor, dovish comments on US rates from the day before to eliminate any premium paid on its new five year dollar benchmark.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has begun flexing its muscles in Greece’s private sector after the country was approved as an EBRD recipient country last year by arranging a partly syndicated loan for Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE).

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has kicked the week off with a long dated tap in euros and a mandate for a follow-up two year dollar benchmark, which will share Tuesday's market with two other dollar trades.

Asia’s oldest bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange, has taken a step closer to its highly anticipated IPO, while IRB Infrastructure Developers is preparing to launch India’s first infrastructure investment trust.

Yes Bank has pulled what could have been India's largest qualified institutional placement this financial year, citing extreme volatility in the market.

The dollar market enjoyed another strong week with a group of issuers printing, but borrowers are looking ahead to a new wave of interest from bank treasuries in Asia — and some are reporting that the demand has already arrived.

Belfius Bank this week sold the first Belgian covered bond to price within a French covered bond. The deal also came with virtually no new issue concession.

Israeli plastics manufacturer Keter Plastic has launched its €790m buyout loan package with a bank meeting scheduled for Monday morning in London.

SIG Combibloc, the Swiss packaging firm owned by Onex, launched its second repricing request on its leveraged buyout loans with a lender call scheduled for Thursday morning New York time, as replies were due on Armacell's own repricing.