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The European Investment Bank and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten showed the strength of the dollar market on Tuesday as they sparked the sector into life for 2019 with benchmarks offering minimal concession. Another pair of SSAs are hoping to emulate that success on Wednesday.

The International Finance Corp sold its joint biggest sterling bond by volume with its debut Sonia-linked bond on Tuesday, adding to the flurry of trades in the format since the start of the year. But the Sonia rush is “not over yet”, according to a banker at one of the leads, with a few more on the horizon before the UK parliament votes on Theresa May's Brexit deal next week.

Nomura has hired Tom Lowe to cover financial institutions in the UK and Ireland.

Chinese telecommunication software provider AsiaInfo Technologies raised HK$900m ($115m) this week after pricing its flotation at the bottom of the indicative range.

Like many recent IPOs in Hong Kong, Chinese telecommunication software provider AsiaInfo Technologies has also priced its listing at the bottom of the indicative range, raising HK$900m ($115m).

Fosun Tourism Group, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, has raked in HK$3.34bn after sealing its IPO at the bottom of the indicative range.

Nomura said it had appointed Ralson Roberts, formerly Goldman Sachs's co-head of EMEA execution services, as chief executive of Instinet, its agency brokerage unit.

CPI Property, which owns real estate in Berlin and central and eastern Europe, entered Tokyo’s Pro-Bond market on Friday, raising ¥11bn ($97m) across three and 10 years tranches.

Fosun Tourism Group, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, is being spun-off and has started bookbuilding for its HK$4.28bn ($547.19m) Hong Kong IPO.

Sunac China Holdings ventured into the market on Thursday for a tap of its existing 2020 bond. The Chinese borrower found such a huge response that it was able to raise more money than planned.

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences kicked off pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong listing this week, following close behind Chinese telecommunications software provider AsiaInfo Technologies.

High hopes for a bumper corporate finance year in Saudi Arabia have been dashed by the pulled Aramco IPO, the blockade of Qatar and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, writes David Rothnie.