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The IPO of Ahlsell, the Nordic distributor of plumbing and electrical products, got covered at its maximum size within 24 hours of the launch of its bookbuild on Tuesday afternoon.

Philippine lender BDO Unibank issued its first dollar bond in four years on Monday, but found itself competing for investors' attention on a busy day of primary issuance.

Korea National Oil Corp priced a dual-tranche offering on Monday, selling a 10 year portion at a tighter spread than a five year, according to bankers.

Keppel DC Reit Management has kicked open a rights issue worth up to S$279.5m ($201.4m), while Zhuguang Holdings Group Co has launched a HK$1.4bn ($180.4m) offering — both to fund acquisitions.

Fullerton Healthcare Corp is working with the Singapore regulator to resolve issues around its S$213.3m ($154.7m) IPO, with the delay causing some investors to consider pulling their bids.

German residential and commercial property company Aroundtown Property hit the investment grade corporate bond market for its debut hybrid transaction on Monday, executing the deal in a market where indices fell.

Korea National Oil Corp is marketing its new dual-tranche offering with the same levels of initial guidance for five year and 10 year portions.

BDO Unibank in the Philippines and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China New York branch made their respective returns to the dollar bond market on Monday.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) executed yet another blockbuster $2.5bn trade on Thursday just a few months after printing a deal of the same size. Korea's first four-tranche trade drew a strong response from the market, allowing the policy bank to price inside its existing curve.

A flurry of follow-on equity sales this week, mostly block trades, showed that investors still want stock, sometimes at tight discounts, even while three IPOs had to be abandoned.

JP Morgan’s chairman and chief executive was in a sympathetic mood in Washington at the Institute for International Finance last week, advocating a pause in the regulation of banks in Europe that would give them time to get on with financing the real economy.

Australia sold its largest ever bond in its longest ever maturity on Wednesday. Overseas investors swarmed towards the sovereign’s high yielding offer.