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The UK Debt Management Office (UK DMO) has appointed four banks to lead the syndicated reopener of its 0.125% 2041 index-linked Gilt, which is planned to take place next week.

TCS Group Holding, the Russian financial services company owned by founder Oleg Tinkoff, has completed a $300m primary capital raise by selling Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) on the London Stock Exchange, gathering a strong following from investors for the deal.

A pair of emerging market banks placed MTNs this week. In Australian dollars, Banco del Estado de Chile printed a 10 year note on Tuesday, while on Monday, Qatar National bank placed short end dollar paper.

SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMCGP) has added an opportunistic $300m to its coffers from a reopening of its popular 6.5% perpetual bond, spying a good window to return to the market.

Hong Kong-listed Luye Pharma Group sealed a convertible bond on Monday night, raising $300m from the increased deal.

South American development bank CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento) has raised $140m of 10 year debt via a private placement that will be used to fund education projects, GlobalCapital understands.

A syndicate banker at Rabobank focusing on sovereigns, supranational and agencies (SSAs) has left after just six months to return to UBS, where he worked between 2015 and 2017.

Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust has raised €150m from a share placement that was oversubscribed, allowing the issuer to exercise an increase option.

Singapore-listed Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is planning to raise up to €102.17m ($115.3m) through an equity placement to fund the purchase of six properties in France and Poland.

Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) and property developers took advantage of positive sentiment after dovish comments from the Federal Reserve to flood the offshore market with bonds.

Just two months after a dovish US Federal Reserve lured América Móvil to the dollar bond market for the first time in eight years, the Mexican telecoms giant was again able to make the most of benevolent central bank talk on Wednesday as it jumped on a rates rally in Europe for its first euro trade since 2016.

The rally set off European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's assertion on Tuesday that further quantitative easing was possible, if not probable, had reached a level by Wednesday that astonished bankers. Three investment grade companies took advantage that day with benchmark bond issues, while one brought a tap.