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Labco, the French medical diagnostics company, plans to refinance all of its bonds with a new €800m issue. It agreed in May to be bought by private equity firm Cinven after pulling an IPO at the last minute.

Dollar borrowers were forced to pay up to access the market amid continuing market volatility as they raced to take advantage of attractive funding costs ahead of the looming Fed meeting.

Two first time bond issuers joined the corporate pipeline this week, with TDF Infrastructure and the University of Liverpool preparing to debut, despite a choppy primary market.

Europe's investment grade corporate bond pipeline swelled even more on Thursday, though the primary market stayed silent, as HJ Heinz announced a roadshow to prepare funding for its merger with Kraft.

Gecina, the French real estate investment trust, issued its second euro bond of 2015 on Tuesday, and had to pay a chunky new issue premium and higher yield than last time.

Wednesday was another deal-less day for Europe's investment grade corporate bond market, as choppy conditions led borrowers to shun issuing — despite a packed pipeline.

One of India’s largest port operator Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is venturing into the international bond market for the first time having started gauging investor sentiment this week.

Two first time bond issuers joined the corporate pipeline on Tuesday, with TDF Infrastructure and the University of Liverpool preparing to debut, despite a choppy primary market.

Gecina, the French real estate investment trust, issued its second euro bond of 2015 on Tuesday, and had to pay a chunky new issue premium and higher yield than last time.

Zhongrong International Trust became the first company from China’s trust industry to price an international bond this week, fighting a soft market backdrop to raise $225m.

The transaction that was supposed to open up the additional tier one market in South Korea ended up having the opposite effect last week as Woori Bank’s penny-pinching led to a heavy sell-off in secondary. Woori is unlikely to be damaged by the incident, but it needs to recognise that its actions have consequences for the rest of the market.

FIG issuers paid double-digit new issue concessions across the board in the dollar market this week as they were rocked by choppy market conditions.