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Deutsche Pfandbriefbank announced on Friday that it is planning to meet investors in the sterling market next week to gauge appetite for a possible senior preferred bond.

Instinet has appointed Seema Arora as head of execution sales for the EMEA region, as part of a push to offer execution and bespoke, solution-driven strategies.

The Republic of the Philippines took advantage of Japanese investors’ hunger for yield with a tightly priced four-tranche ¥92bn ($863.4m) Samurai bond.

BNP Paribas hires UK advisory head — Créd Ag’s credit unit chief moves to markets role — AIIB hires ICBC loan syndicator.

Andrew McNaught will lead BNP Paribas’ UK advisory team from the end of the month, as the French bank plans to develop its corporate operations in the country “further, faster”.

Lloyds Banking Group has returned to the Aussie dollar market for the first time since May 2018, offering investors the chance to invest in two tranches of senior debt at the operating company level. The issuer follows a wave of European and UK financial institutions making their way down under.

Nomura’s wholesale business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa underperformed other regions in the last quarter, with the results coming out after the bank announced it is to scale back trading operations there. But the wholesale division registered a profit overall — a rare occurrence of late.

China Aoyuan Group was back in the dollar market on Tuesday, adding another $250m to its 2023 notes.

South Korea’s sustainable financing efforts were given a boost this week, after Lotte Property and Development Co sold a $300m bond.

As core markets in the northern hemisphere begin to cool, SSA issuers are looking towards an Australian dollar sector unaffected by the summer close.

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations has returned to the Samurai market with what the issuer and leads said was the lowest ever coupon in the format.

Mobile phone technology company Affle (India) has set the terms for its IPO, set to launch next week, according to a source close to the deal.