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Boston Scientific Corp, the US medical devices maker, obtained plenty of demand for its €900m bond as it made its debut in the Reverse Yankee market on Wednesday, while the euro corporate bond pipeline continues to fill for a flurry of issuance in November.

South Korean steel company Posco checked every box for investors with its $500m bond issuance on Monday. Even though the deal offered no new issue premium and pricing was tightened aggressively, buy-side support did not waver, said bankers.

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust seized the market window immediately after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting to sell a $500m five year bond on Thursday.

UBS lets go of ECM bankers — Bank of America’s Coben to return after Twitter investigation — Macquarie closes cash equities business in Europe and US

Dollar volumes proved higher than expected as the US investment grade market roared back to life following earnings blackouts, with a string of front-loaded deals ahead of the Fed’s meeting on Wednesday.

Spanish pharmaceutical company Grifols is planning to take advantage of balmy market conditions with a refinancing package that will replace most of its outstanding debt. The package will consist of a $3bn term loan B in dollars, a $1.6bn TLB in euros and $1.25bn of senior secured bonds issued in euros.

Australia’s Vicinity Centres, a real estate investment trust, issued a €500m bond on Monday, slipping into what is expected to be a week of weak activity before the high grade bond markets light up again next month.

JP Morgan changes line-up for energy and utilities, multi-nationals, UK ECM and UK M&A — UniCredit swaps out CEE investment bank head — Pigasse exits Lazard

AerCap Holdings has amended and extended its revolving credit facility, with the Dutch aircraft leasing company bumping up the size of the deal to $4bn and stretching out the maturity.

Schroders says it is the first asset manager to link its revolving credit facility to environmental, social and corporate governance metrics, as the financing structure continues to find widespread use in the high grade loan market.

Alvaro Estevez has joined JP Morgan from Bank of America, in order to lead a team that works with large multi-national companies.

France’s Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has set final terms on a €750m trade, with the commercial real estate firm ramping up the size while whittling away at the spread to around a single digit new issue premium.