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The first Kangaroo deals of 2020 from SSAs started trickling through this week, after ANZ blew the doors off the Australian dollar market with a A$3.5bn ($2.4bn) self-led domestic deal on Tuesday.

The European Investment Bank delivered 2020’s first Sonia bond on Wednesday, adding to a streak of hot deals in sterling. The second Sonia deal is set to follow on Thursday.

Two dollar benchmarks hit screens on Wednesday. While the issuers achieved good results, the volatility caused by Iran’s missile strike on US bases meant that the deals met with less hungry investors.

RBC Capital Markets has continued the development of its leveraged finance business by hiring Craig Campbell from HSBC.

The European Investment Bank is showing no signs of fatigue despite a gruelling start to the year. The supranational mandated banks on Tuesday for a five year Sonia floating rate note — its third syndicated deal of 2020.

Some of the SSA market's biggest names are already out for chunky dollar benchmarks, getting off the mark quickly in spite of some sharp moves in swap spreads. Most deals have gone well, but not everything has been a smooth ride.

Premier Oil has become the first company to announce a major ECM transaction in 2020, a £385m ($500m) capital increase to repay debt and finance the acquisition of two UK North Sea oilfields from BP.

The World Bank hit screens on Monday with a mandate for a new five year sustainable development Maple bond — its first public Canadian dollar issue since September.

Atlantica Yield, formerly the UK-based energy yieldco Abengoa Yield, has launched a debut US private placement, which is the first US PP offering in 2020 in Europe.

The European Investment Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank amassed strong demand from investors to kick off their funding programmes for the year on Friday, with the former receiving the biggest ever order book in the sterling supranational and agency bond market, according to the leads.

The Federal State of Lower Saxony sold the first euro public sector benchmark of 2020 with a well received 10 year deal on Thursday. Meanwhile, the European Investment Bank is keeping to tradition of beginning its benchmark funding for the year in sterling.

GDS Holdings raised $250m from a follow-on offering of new shares on Thursday, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.