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SNS Bank sold €500m of tier two debt on Thursday, making a convincing return to capital issuance having been expropriated by the Dutch government in 2013.

Swedish lender Swedbank kept Australian dollar supply ticking over on Tuesday, pricing its first bond in the currency since 2008.

Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) has priced the second euro-denominated bond by a Chinese auto company, following a recent issue from one of its peers. A total of seven firms were hired as joint global co-ordinators for the €500m ($552m) deal after the issuer added five more banks to the syndicate to reward them for placing anchor orders.

There were no new issues in the European FIG market on Monday, but bankers are optimistic that bank capital could return this week.

Golden Meditech has closed its HK$985.70m ($127.19m) rights issue with shareholders taking up just 69% of the transaction, forcing its underwriter to absorb the remaining shares.

Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) and Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) are venturing into the international debt market, opening books for their respective euro and dollar bonds.

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European corporates have hit the market with a series of long dated private medium term notes, following a burst of MTN trades last week.

Covered bonds issued this week from banks in Italy and Portugal were a roaring success from the sellers’ point of view. But none could have been done without the European Central Bank’s help.

Equity block trade activity has picked up this week, after a six day lull, with a rash of trades helped by a stable stockmarket. On Thursday night, two trades were launched, after a buoyant afternoon for stocks since Mario Draghi, European Central Bank president, raised hopes of further monetary easing at a press conference.

Wells Fargo printed an impressive second Swiss franc deal for the year on Thursday, attracting strong demand not only from retail and private banking investors but also asset managers, insurance and pension funds.

The Swiss Federal Council has announced a higher leverage ratio of 5% for Credit Suisse and UBS, as well as outlining how it plans to bring in total loss absorbing capital (TLAC) rules for the two banks.