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ABN Amro, a regular in the private placement market where it often sells shorter dated senior debt, took to the longer end of the spectrum with a euro denominated deal that brought in orders exceeding €2.25bn.

Dufry, the Swiss travel retail operator, has launched a term loan of up to €800m to finance its acquisition of World Duty Free. It will mainly be syndicated to relationship banks.

UBS has promoted two employees to co-head its equities business in the Americas, according to an internal memo.

The block trade business has been hugely important to equity capital markets businesses so far in 2015, and at this stage UBS and Goldman Sachs are leading the race. But Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made a hefty effort to catch up.

Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology kicked off investor education for its $200m IPO on April 8, with the issuer’s strong credentials expected to make the stock a straightforward story to understand.

China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) has hired three banks to prepare a dollar-denominated senior perpetual deal. If it goes ahead, the deal will be the borrower's debut in the international bond market.

A managing director covering infrastructure has left UBS's corporate debt capital markets team. The bank's reluctance to lend may have limited its infrastructure finance business compared with firms that deploy more balance sheet.

A pipeline of financial institution deals is assembling following the Easter break, with ING hitting the road for its additional tier one deal in three continents and Achmea announcing a senior unsecured transaction.

Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology is to start gauging investor appetite for its $200m IPO in Hong Kong next week, with books scheduled to open in mid-April.

Swisscom sold its longest ever bond on Monday as part of a Sfr365m dual tranche transaction.

Dufry, the Swiss travel retail operator, is assessing how it will use the capital markets to finance its €3.6bn cash acquisition of World Duty Free, announced on Monday.

ABN Amro returned to the Kangaroo market on Wednesday after a 12-month absence with a new five year bond.