Yen

◆ French bank offers six tranches between three to ten years ◆ Investor preference for short dated tranches prevails ◆ Rate rises expected in Japan

Romania's bond market bump has not deterred investors

The country raised nearly €500m in the Samurai market last week

The yen debut ended a record year for overseas bond issuance

Issuer almost alone among US and European companies in market this year

◆ French lender issues three senior preferred Samurai tranches ◆ Despite benefit of diversification, deal comes very close to a new euro deal◆ Investor demand concentrated at the short to middle part of curve

◆ BFCM prepares its annual visit to yen market ◆ BayernLB to debut senior preferred debt ◆ Arion chooses Scandi currencies

Fourth sovereign to print a Samurai in just over a month

Hungary has been borrowing in the yen market for 40 years

A pipeline of sovereigns looking for yen bonds awaits

The yen market has had a rocky month after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates

Countries in the region are branching out from the euro market after years of low rates at home