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Sterling issuance from public sector borrowers outside the UK is still on course for a record year — helped in no small part by a supranational printing its largest ever syndication in the currency this week.

Fannie Mae on Thursday ensured its name would be included in future financial textbooks on the replacement of Libor as it priced the first ever floating rate notes linked to the new Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), drawing a wide range of investors from money funds to state treasuries in the process.

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Public sector borrowers could break the traditional summer silence over the next couple of weeks if they react quickly to sterling interest, said one of the leads on this week’s comeback in the currency by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

China Fortune Land Co and Sunac China Holdings have closed new dollar bonds, following a pair of successful taps that proved the market is returning to form.

Neeraj Gambhir has left his position as Nomura's head of fixed income for India.

HDFC Asset Management is gunning for up to Rp28bn ($408m) from its IPO in India after setting the final price guidance for the offering.

Mobile marketing platform Affle is preparing to launch a $100m IPO, a source close to the deal told GlobalCapital Asia.

Guarantor: Japan

Nomura has hired Nezahat Gultekin from Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek, to fill the new role of head of technology for investment banking in EMEA.

Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) raised $3.5bn from a triple-tranche bond deal in its first outing in the dollar market since November.

Crédit Agricole CIB said on Monday that it had hired Paul Lynn as head of financial institutions sales UK.