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The World Bank printed a five year Kangaroo note on Wednesday to kick off the Australian dollar market for the year, which could be set for a bumper couple of months.

Westpac NZ launched a sterling senior bond on Wednesday and Santander UK will soon follow with a debut holdco deal, as FIG's first signs of life in 2016 favour the UK market.

The European Investment Bank blew the doors off the sterling market with a record breaking deal on Tuesday, and two other issuers quickly followed.

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Nomura has announced the appointment of a new non-executive chairman of Nomura Europe Holdings.

Indian hospital chain Narayana Hrudayalaya launched bookbuilding for its Rp6.13bn ($92m) IPO on Thursday, bagging the Singapore sovereign among its anchor investors.

Alkem Laboratories has priced its Rp13.5bn ($202.1m) IPO at the top end of its range, following a burst of demand for the Indian healthcare sector in the past month.

Alkem Laboratories is set to price its Rp13.5bn ($202.1m) IPO at the top of the range after investors piled into the trade, buoyed by healthy demand for the Indian pharmaceutical sector.

Nomura's head of southeast Asia debt capital markets is understood to be leaving the firm at the end of this month.

YiChang HEC ChangJiang Pharmecutical Co has settled on a price range for its H-share float, with bookbuilding to kick off on December 14.

David Lloyd Leisure, the TDR Capital-owned UK gym and spa firm, and Cooper, the French pharmaceuticals distributor, widened loan pricing this week as the leveraged market became increasingly selective.

Two Indian healthcare companies closed extremely successful IPOs on Thursday, with Alkem Laboratories and Dr Lal Pathlabs fully covered mid-way through bookbuilding. And with India’s equity capital market buzzing with activity, bankers are telling their clients to seize the day before uncertainty sets in, writes John Loh.