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UK healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) Assura has refinanced its five year revolving credit facility and increased the size from £120m to £200m.

The University of Stirling has issued its first US private placement bond at an average rate of 3.82%.

The Gulf region is on for a record first five months of the year with Qatar, Noor Bank, Etihad, DP World all mandating for bonds this week, while Petrobras printed an eye catching $6.75bn deal.

Ooredoo, one of the largest telecommunications firms in the Middle East and Africa, is refinancing a $1bn three year revolving credit facility, according to two bankers.

Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.

After the extremes of recent weeks, with enormous order books and sometimes negative new issue premiums, Europe’s corporate bond market has reached a steadier cruising speed this week.

The vogue for gym IPOs looks set to continue, with Basic-Fit of the Netherlands announcing an intention to float on Tuesday.

World Bank roared into the dollar market on Tuesday with the largest five year benchmark in the currency in over a year, as KfW and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens with short dated mandates.

Export Development Canada is to print a long four year sterling bond as demand for paper in the currency defied fears of a possible UK's exit from the European Union.

DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, has mandated nine banks for a dollar sukuk and is looking to price the deal next week.

Solihull-headquartered infrastructure product manufacturer Hill & Smith has refinanced its £210m revolving credit facility, extending the maturity by two years.

The World Bank is set to print a five year dollar benchmark, as bankers expect issuers to focus on the short end this week.