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A careful build up helped Veneto Banca raise €200m in tier two debt on Tuesday, as the bank looks to improve its capital position ahead of a share sale in 2016.

Albaraka Turk Katilim Bankasi (Albaraka Turk) priced Turkey’s first Basel III compliant tier two sukuk deal in line with guidance on Monday.

Coopération Pharmaceutique Française, the French pharmaceuticals distributor known as Cooper, has bank meetings scheduled on Wednesday for more than €350m of new debt for its leveraged buyout by Charterhouse.

Royal Bank of Scotland has hired a well known high yield specialist to head corporate and event driven credit trading.

Avago Technologies, the US semiconductor components maker, has increased the €500m tranche of its term loan ‘B’ to €900m on strong demand, in another sign of the European leveraged loan market’s competitiveness.

Allied Irish Banks was in a generous mood on Thursday, launching its first tier two since the crisis at a much higher premium than rival bankers thought necessary.

Avago Technologies, the US semiconductor components maker, has increased the €500m tranche of its term loan ‘B’ to €900m on strong demand, another sign of the European leveraged loan market's competitiveness at the moment.

Nomura has made six hires to its investment bank, including for the position of head of equity capital markets in the Americas.

Allied Irish Banks revealed a 90bp jump in its fully-loaded common equity tier one ratio on Tuesday, and wasted no time in mandating banks for a highly anticipated tier two deal.

Bank of Jinzhou Co commenced investor education on Tuesday for its $600m IPO in Hong Kong, having appointed five banks as joint global co-ordinators.

Nomura has hired three managing directors within its emerging markets business — two from Barclays and one from Jefferies.

Albaraka Turk Katılım Bankası (Albaraka Türk), has mandated seven banks to arrange a Basel III compliant Reg S tier two subordinated sukuk — only the second from Turkey and the first in sukuk format.