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Acetow, the cigarette filter maker Blackstone is carving out of parent Solvay, has launched €630m-equivalent of loan facilities for the buyout, four months after it was announced.

Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) has returned to sterling for a tap of a December 2020 line, as investors’ confidence in the currency grows.

Sovcomflot reopened its 2023 bond on Monday as Norilsk Nickel looks to extend its dollar curve by a year.

Oil India is readying investors for a new dollar offering, three years after its $1bn blowout debut and just months after its joint acquisition of oil fields in Russia.

Micro Focus, the UK legacy software firm, has launched the $5bn loan to finance its acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s software business — the biggest new money loan in the European leveraged loan market this year.

Chinese iron and steel making conglomerate Hesteel Group Co has snapped up $500m on the back of a price rally in the steel sector onshore, with bankers praising the company’s efforts to woo accounts during a roadshow.

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The super strong bid for public sector dollar paper shows no signs of letting up, with Sweden this week printing the tightest deal to mid-swaps of 2017 — despite the large volume of paper already printed this year.

A flurry of activity in the market for socially responsible investments shows no sign of letting up, with two borrowers set to make their debut next week and two more waiting in the wings.

Arvos, the industrial equipment firm, has a bank meeting scheduled for Friday in London for a €130m incremental term loan as it looks to repay its existing second lien facility.

K+S, the German potash processor and mining group, launched on Thursday its first bond since losing its investment grade ratings.

South African diamond mining company Petra Diamonds has picked lead managers for a dollar roadshow as the company attempts to optimise its debt liabilities.