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The French government last night sold €753.5m of shares in Safran, the French aerospace and defence group, in a block trade that was 1.6 times covered.

Latvia has named its banks to arrange a euro-denominated new issue and manage a concurrent tender offer for the country’s 2020s and 2021s.

Bank of Jinzhou has raised HK$6.15bn ($794m) from its IPO in Hong Kong, pricing the stock near the bottom of the range as investors remain cautious about Chinese city commercial lenders.

Ball Corp, the US metal packaging manufacturer, wants to issue its first euro bond as part of a €1.5bn-equivalent deal to support the purchase of UK can maker Rexam.

The French government is this evening selling 2.64% of Safran, the French aerospace and defence group, in a competitive block trade.

Shares in Delta Lloyd, the Dutch insurance company, fell 10% on Monday after it announced a €1bn rights issue to strengthen its solvency as it plans for new EU insurance regulation. By Thursday, they were 29% down.

Austrian oil and gas company OMV emerged on Monday with a dual tranche hybrid bond that had been promised since August, but a broader revival for the product may have to wait until next year.

Luxembourg-based airport services provider, Swissport, sold €690m of high yield bonds on Thursday to fund its acquisition by Chinese private equity group HNA.

Anticipation that the European Central Bank will extend its public sector purchase programme on Thursday resulted in what one banker called an “abnormally successful deal” from Erste Abwicklungsanstalt on Monday.

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt is lining up to issue its first public euro bond since October 2013, which is set to be priced before next week's European Central Bank meeting.

SEB Germany offered the lowest ever yield for a primary covered bond when it issued a three year public sector Pfandbrief on Tuesday. But some sort of positive return was necessary, even if it was minuscule.

MasterCard, the US credit card payments company, raised €1.65bn on Monday with its first euro bonds — and only its third bond issue ever.