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Morgan Stanley launched the Eu160m IPO of fast-growing Spanish cosmetic surgery company Corporacion Dermoestetica on Tuesday and initial feedback from investors suggests that the deal, the first in the sector to list in Europe, will be a hit.

The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is probably Asia's leading investor in international bonds across a wide credit spectrum. It may not move the US Treasury or European government bond markets quite like an order from one of the major Asian central banks, but it has by far the most diverse appetite investor in the region. As Nick Parsons discovers, that means every issuer — from a supranational or triple-A rated sovereign issuer right down to a Ukrainian bank or Kazakh oil company — has to visit GIC when it makes a marketing trip to the region.

Private equity house Doughty Hanson completed the first of its two planned European equity sales this summer with a stable debut following the IPO of French industrial battery manufacturer Saft via Goldman Sachs this week.

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein this week launched an online bookbuilding platform for primary syndicated loans.

Arab Banking Corporation has launched a limited syndication of Millennium Aircraft Leasing Company's $72m acquisition finance facility.

Barclays Capital has hired Mark Bamford from Goldman Sachs as managing director and head of Americas bond syndicate in New York.

Barclays Capital has hired Mark Bamford from Goldman Sachs as managing director and head of Americas bond syndicate in New York.

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Mandated lead arrangers ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, Fortis and Royal Bank of Scotland have completed syndication of Aliaxis's Eu1bn facility.

Bank of America hired two bond bankers from Credit Suisse First Boston in London this week, as its drive to establish a solid position in the European market continued.

Bank of America has bought the US credit card bank MBNA for $35bn.