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Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is planning a return to the dollar bond market in the first half of this year, but the policy bank has reduced its overall funding target. It also went to the Swiss franc market this week.

National Australia Bank (NAB) and Société Générale both entered the Swiss market on Wednesday with tight pricing, in a sign that the market is luring financial borrowers to print opportunistically in Swiss francs.

Singapore is set to host its first IPO from Bangladesh, with Summit Power looking to hit screens in early March, said bankers close to the deal.

Petrol station forecourt company EG Group’s credit worthiness has come under pressure after the UK firm announced $2.15bn of debt-financed acquisition plans last week.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) printed in Swiss francs on Monday. That was a sign, said bankers in Zurich, that the market is more resilient than others in times of broader volatility, and could welcome more emerging market names in the coming months.

Another equity block trade in Delivery Hero, the German online food ordering marketplace, flew out of the door on Thursday night after the company had reported its 2017 earnings earlier in the week.

Barclays has hired a new global head of electronic equities from Credit Suisse, following Stephen Dainton into the revamped UK firm, and signalling the importance of electronic execution.

Fantasia Holdings Group Co managed to take advantage of a stock market rebound that proved to be short-lived on Thursday, raising $300m from a 364-day trade. The company has around $1.6bn of onshore and offshore bonds maturing in the coming months, but managed to convince investors it has a plan to deal with this looming maturity risk.

Credit Bank of Moscow and Domodedovo Airport (DME) brought the total Eurobond tally of Russian issuers this year to seven this week. Those latest two issuers jumped in shortly after Directive 1 sanction fears were quashed by the US Treasury.

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever has become known in the corporate bond markets for its multiple tranche deals. Its latest deal is its third such trade in the last three years, and investors showed they still have plenty of appetite for the name, helping the company print its largest ever deal, despite market turmoil in the US.

Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) is among a swathe of Indian issuers preparing to sell offshore rupee bonds in the coming months, a funding official said.

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever has become known in the corporate bond markets for its multiple tranche deals. On Monday it announced its third such trade in the last three years and investors showed they still have plenty of appetite for the name, helping the company print its largest ever deal.