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BP Capital Markets slotted into August’s smooth run of corporate sterling bond issuance on Tuesday, as it issued a benchmark seven year transaction that was priced inside its euro curve.

Veritas Technologies on Tuesday began marketing a €580m-equivalent secured bond, the last leg of the debt package that supports its acquisition by private equity firm Carlyle — and that investors rejected in November 2015.

Vodafone continued to throw primary supply at European corporate bond markets on Friday, printing its third bond in two weeks as it issued a £1bn 40 year deal.

Barclays raised its first sterling senior debt from its holding company on Friday, taking advantage of a spread rally to round off a big push for holdco this week.

Pricing rather than size was the focus for public sector borrowers in the dollar market this week, although overly aggressive pricing was not the reason for one issuer having to pull back from bringing a tap issue.

France's Danone has completed syndication of $13.1bn of loans to fund the $12.5bn acquisition of North American organic food and drinks company White Wave. But there might not be many more jumbo deals this year, as political volatility looks set to hang over the M&A market for a little longer, writes Robert Cooke.

Barclays, Santander UK and UBS blitzed the US market on Wednesday in a series of trades aimed at boosting levels of total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) eligible debt.

The Bank of England doesn’t often follow the European Central Bank. During the financial crisis and its aftermath, the Bank was quick to cut interest rates and implement quantitative easing. The ECB was still raising rates in July 2008, and didn’t start QE until 2015.

Auto-parts business Adient on Thursday started pricing a $2bn cross-border bond, attracting high demand for a deal that could be the last high yield offering before the European market breaks for the summer.

After a successful outing in the bond market in June this year, India's Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems Group returned for a tap on Wednesday, in what bankers described as an opportunistic transaction.

Barclays and UBS blitzed the US market on Wednesday in a series of trades aimed at boosting levels of total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) eligible debt.

Public sector dollar flow picked up on Wednesday after a quiet start to the week, as World Bank brought a four year benchmark and Tunisia sold a bond backed by the US government.