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The SSA dollar juggernaut is set to roll into a third day, with two deals on screens for Thursday’s business. Investor appetite shows no sign of letting up, as the two deals priced on Wednesday drew large books — as was seen with a host of trades a day earlier.

Nomura has hired Omar Ghalloudi as head of developed markets trading in flow credit for EMEA. This is a new position.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) launched a four year green bond on Tuesday, pricing flat to its curve and clearing the way for Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to attempt to emulate the Dutch agency’s success.

The European Financial Stability Facility rounded off its funding programme for the year with a pair of taps on Tuesday with a deal praised as “an impressive result”.

In a new sign of how hot Europe's leveraged finance market has become, Verisure, the Swedish security systems company, is seeking to raise €3.5bn of bonds and loans, partly to fund the market's biggest dividend recapitalisation this year.

Emirates NBD turned heads with a new five year note offering 140bp area over mid-swaps on Tuesday. Investors said they were glad to take the extra spread on offer thanks to regional political tensions.

HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co got off to a flying start with its Rp86.9bn ($1.3bn) IPO in India, as books opened on Tuesday following a hugely successful anchor investor process.

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank reopened a Kangaroo line on Monday and found interest from investors that are not often seen in Australian dollar SSA deals.

The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) announced on Monday that it would complete its 2017 funding programme with a pair of taps on Tuesday. Conditions in euros looked strong on Monday, as they allowed the Council of Auckland to pull its spread in by 7bp for its second ever euro deal.

New India Assurance Co (NIA) and Mahindra Logistics will both price their IPOs at the top end of guidance, pocketing a combined Rp104.3bn ($1.6bn) from equity investors.

Indian agrochemical producer Crystal Crop Protection has lined up a quartet of local and international firms to lead its potential Rp10bn ($154.8m) IPO, according to a banker on the mandate.

A wave of public sector borrowers is set to hit screens next week, providing investors who have recently been lacking socially responsible bond issues with a well stocked menu of ethically themed deals.