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Credit Suisse took advantage of highly favourable funding conditions to take out $2bn as it took a further step towards meeting its total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements.

Scotiabank de Costa Rica has included Taiwanese lenders in its list of invitees for a $75m two-tranche fundraising, following in the footsteps of many other borrowers from Latin America that are looking to Asia for liquidity.

ICBC continued its debt-raising spree on Monday, with the New York branch becoming the third of the lender’s units to sell a bond this month. But while the deal resonated well with Chinese bank treasuries, signs of investor fatigue are starting to appear.

Nasdaq, the US stock exchange, received an enthusiastic reception from investors as it returned to Europe’s bond markets after a three year absence and widened its investor base.

Wells Fargo has added Shaun Dreyer, former European loans head at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, to its US loans team and picked up a new director in the UK.

Loans for financial institutions continue to flourish in general syndication, with deals for State Bank of India and Malaysia's Maybank progressing smoothly.

Agricultural Bank of China New York raised $1.25bn from a dual-tranche offering on Monday, hitting the market early given expectations of more supply over the week. The issuer sealed a bigger floating rate note as it provides protection against volatility induced by the Federal Reserve, but executed the trade in an unusual manner.

Agricultural Bank of China New York has returned to the offshore bond market, having started bookbuilding for a dual-tranche dollar transaction on Monday morning.

Turkish bank Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi has refinanced the 367 day credit facility it signed in April last year, maintaining the size of the lender group.

Rexel, the French distributor of electrical supplies, on Wednesday sold €650m of unsecured notes on a day when investment grade buyers moved into the high yield market.

Bank of China Luxembourg has signed its debut syndicated loan after ICBC’s London subsidiary signed a $1bn deal last year.

JP Morgan paid a negligible premium for a 10.5 year euro senior unsecured deal on Monday, as it became the last major US bank to issue following earnings.