DUBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Emirates NBD, Dubai's biggest lender, has mandated banks to arrange investor meetings for a potential Tier 1 bond issue which will boost its core capital, two sources said on Thursday,

The bank has picked itself, along with Bank of America Merrill Lynch BAC.N , Deutsche Bank AG DBKGn.DE , HSBC Holdings HSBA.L , ING Group ING.AS and Morgan Stanley MS.N to arrange roadshows which begin on May 20.

Emirates NBD tapped markets for a $750 million Tier 2, or supplementary capital-boosting subordinated bond in March.

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