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Radius is set to become the first housing association from Northern Ireland to issue US private placements, with Barclays prepping a deal of at least £100m.

Power Finance Corp gathered a peak book of $4bn for its $750m dual-tranche bond issuance, allowing it to sell the notes at tighter-than-expected levels.

Indian renewables company ReNew Power took home $300m from a bond that appealed to a niche, but captive, investor base.

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The frenzy of investment grade corporate bond issuance in Europe intensified on Thursday, when eight companies came to market, issuing a total of €6.6bn of paper in euros. That brought the total for the first four days of this week to over €20bn. Despite the heavy supply, issuers have found sufficient demand to support their notes.

The dollar SSA market saw a clear schism this week between the maturities investors favour, with shorter end trades tightening pricing while longer maturity deals were forced to print in line with initial price thoughts.

Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) made a grand market return on Wednesday, sealing a $750m perpetual bond on the back of a book that reached $8bn at its peak.

SSA issuers of dollar bonds were able to push harder on spread than they have in recent weeks on Wednesday, surprising syndicate bankers away from the deals.

Danaher printed its much anticipated €6.25bn jumbo bond issue on Tuesday. The US conglomerate, rated A2/A, focused its five tranches on intermediate to longer tenors, which corporate syndicate bankers took to indicate where many investors want to put their money.

The dollar SSA market burst into life on Tuesday, but some bankers say that the tight spreads and low yields on offer mean there is little guarantee any of the trades will be easy.

The investment grade corporate bond market appeared to be taking a more sedate pace this week compared to last week's stampede of new bond issues. There were three deals in the market on Monday, but the real action will begin once US borrowers and investors return from a public holiday on Tuesday, to be led by a deal from US conglomerate, Danaher.

Barclays' head of private capital markets for Europe, the Middle East and Africa has decided to leave the bank.