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Are dark deeds taking place within the high walls of 1 St Martins-Le-Grand, the fortress home of profitless Nomura in London?

The European corporate bond market went out with a bang this week, after many had predicted a more pedestrian lead-up to the Easter break, with benchmark deals from Rodamco and BASF.

Markit, the financial pricing and data provider, this week launched a comprehensive derivatives portfolio valuation service for buy-side clients.

Morgan Stanley issued what is understood to be the first ever Eurobond linked to the Ukrainian hryvnia this week.

Morgan Stanley is readying a bevy of IPOs that could raise more than Eu3bn for launch immediately after the Easter break. The swarm of deals comes after Morgan Stanley's roles in the recent blowout IPOs for Legrand and Wacker Chemie.

The Republic of Austria brought the latest new currency to the Eurobond market this week, with the first deal in Romanian lei that can be fully settled through Euroclear.

Bankers told EuroWeek that around $33bn of EuroCP was rolled over in the market yesterday (Wednesday), a spike in activity after a quiet start to the week.

It is the end of a memorable first quarter in the international capital markets, and many of our friends complain that they are already so exhausted that they are going to take advantage of the Easter holidays to have an extended break.

Lenders told Turkey's Garanti Bank this week that they were unwilling to commit to its latest one year club loan at its target pricing of 45bp all-in.

Shares in German chemical company Wacker Chemie rose 22% when they started trading on Monday after the company's Eu1.2bn IPO — the biggest from Germany for a year — and immediately sparked a debate about overheating in the European equity markets.