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There has been €6.5bn of euro FIG supply across most asset classes in the first two sessions this week, with issuers riding a turnaround in sentiment after the European Central Bank announced more monetary stimulus last week.

AMTD Group is out with its first international bond, taking bids on Wednesday for a three year dollar transaction that was covered at launch.

Santander brought peripheral bank capital back to the FIG market on Tuesday, as the recent rally showed little sign of wearing off following last week’s European Central Bank meeting.

BP Capital Markets kept its run of funding activity going strong on Monday, with a $500m five year Eurodollar transaction that was over three times oversubscribed.

UBS wasted no time in using the rally induced by more European Central Bank stimulus on Monday, launching the first additional tier one transaction since a sharp sell-off had some predicting the death of the product last month.

Russian gas company Gazprom is roadshowing a possible Swiss franc bond, which would be its first in the currency since the EU and US laid down sanctions on several Russian state-owned companies in 2014.

The qualified domestic limited partnership (QDLP) scheme was reported to be the latest victim of attempts by the Chinese authorities to stem outflows. Market participants, however, deny the scheme has been shut down.

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi did not disappoint with his latest burst of stimulus on Thursday — although some public sector bankers felt his latest efforts to boost the eurozone economy could have damaging effects on the SSA bond market.

India’s Dewan Housing Finance Corp is gearing up for the country’s first offshore rupee-denominated bond, also known as a Masala bond, having mandated four banks to handle the market-opening transaction.

Issuers lined up to print in euros on Tuesday as a vital European Central Bank meeting loomed later in the week — but bankers were divided as to how much the flurry of deals was down to concerns over the central bank meeting.

SMCP, the French fashion firm controlled by KKR, registered its document de base with regulators on Tuesday, in the first step towards a possible IPO.

Bell, the Swiss meat producer, returned to the Swiss franc bond market with a Sfr300m nine year note on Tuesday, its first issue in the currency since 2013.