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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.

Core eurozone issuers are set to pepper the euro curve over the next two days, before all attention turns to a much anticipated European Central Bank meeting on Thursday.

HSBC followed through on its plans to issue loss-absorbing senior debt from its holding company on Tuesday, offering a juicy pickup to its curve to dig deep into the dollar market for a $7bn deal.

UBS has created an new Asia Debt Financing Group, combining its existing debt and leveraged financing teams, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

United Overseas Bank sold a landmark transaction this week, printing the first euro-denominated covered bond from Asia, and plans to become a frequent issuer in the market.

Macquarie Group’s Delaware Investments has hired a team of emerging markets equity investors from UBS Asset Management

UBS has hired Alice Crawley from Bank of America Merrill Lynch to manage business selection and conflicts for its investment banking businesses, a new job at the firm.

Santander Consumer Finance took advantage of relatively stable conditions in the Swiss franc market on Tuesday to print just its second bond in the currency.

Solera Holdings, the Texan car and property insurance claims processor, priced its $3.9bn acquisition debt package in line with revised guidance, after reshaping the debt structure in response to weak investor demand.