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Swiss Re, the reinsurance group, returned to the equity-linked debt market on Wednesday with a deal that reinforced this issuer’s reputation for financial innovation: a $500m equity-neutral convertible bond that also acts as a contingent convertible security — except with more flexibility for the issuer.

Slovakia sold 10 year and 50 year bonds from a combined book of over €5bn on Tuesday, the first European sovereign bond since Italy-led volatility last week turned government bond traders’ screens into a kaleidoscope of reds and greens. It was also the longest CEE print in over a decade.

KfW will bring what bankers say will be the first “real jumbo test” for the market since a wave of Italy-led volatility hit bonds last week.

Ireland’s Keywords Studios, which provides technical services for the computer games industry, has signed a €75m three year revolving credit facility with a trio of UK banks. It is ramping up its bank debt amid a period of growth.

Slovakia revised pricing downwards on its rare 50 year bond on Tuesday morning, after taking books of over €5.3bn with the first trade from the central and eastern Europe region for nearly two weeks.

The Slovak Republic is exploring the possibility of issuing a rare 50 year euro-denominated bond as markets stabilise after a tough week.

Chinese education firm Puxin's $166m New York Stock Exchange IPO was covered by demand from Asian investors alone on the first day of bookbuilding.

Indiabulls Housing Finance has made a quick return to the loan syndications market for a $200m borrowing.

US corporate bond bankers are hoping for a rebound in supply in June, after the high grade new issue market limped to the end of May.

BC Partners has completed the first selldown of shares in Sabre Insurance, the UK specialist insurer, since its £287m flotation on the London Stock Exchange in December.

State Bank of India has launched a new $750m three year borrowing into general syndication, about two months after mandating banks to run the transaction.

Shares in Capita, the UK outsourcing company, rose 3.2% on Friday after it concluded its £702m rights issue, intended to put the company on a sound financial footing after a series of profit warnings over the past year.