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Easyjet, the UK budget airline, avoided any turbulence on its return to the bond market on Wednesday, managing to land a €1.2bn deal with no new issue premium that was almost five times oversubscribed.

Handelsbanken is set to return to the Australian dollar market for the first time in nearly two years this week, as Aussie dollar senior paper rallies thanks to the long term absence of funding from the market's major domestic banks.

Saudi Arabia was set to sell its second ever bond in euros on Wednesday. The bond, which will allow the kingdom to further diversify its investor base, is expected to tighten considerably from initial price thoughts.

Vantage Towers, the telecoms towers unit of Vodafone, has launched its long-awaited flotation on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, having announced its intention to float on Wednesday.

Easyjet, the UK budget airline, has mandated for a seven year euro trade, as the company looks to fly high on the UK government’s plans to travel out of its coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

BNP Paribas and UBS opened the offshore Australian dollar FIG market for 2021 this week, with a pair of new senior deals.

Saudi Arabia mandated banks on Tuesday to arrange a bond in euros, just a month after it last entered the market to raise dollars. The "opportunistic" bond will enable the kingdom to achieve tight pricing and diversification, market participants said.

EnBW, the German electrical utility, and the financing arm of a Dutch truck company, DAF Paccar Financial, hit screens with highly rated euro trades on Monday. Central bank bond buying higher than forecast, pushed investors to oversubscribe the deals even though the spreads on offer were thin.

US high grade corporate names hit the European market at the outset this week with WP Carey and General Motors selling bonds and Equinix mandating for a green deal. But syndicate bankers say rising US rates are still some way off the sweet spot to make the euro market irresistible for all Reverse Yankee issuers.

GardaWorld, the Canadian security firm, has pulled out of its hostile bid for G4S, leaving the way clear for US rival Allied Universal.

Société Générale tapped into strong demand for 20 year tier two debt in the dollar market this week, following examples set by BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole earlier in the year.

A consortium led by CVC Capital Partners is seeking a HK$2bn ($257.9m) loan to support the take private of Hong Kong fashion retailer I.T.