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Engineering Group, an Italian IT services company, has returned to market after pulling a deal in June, for a second attempt at taking out the buyout bridge for its acquisition by Bain Capital and Neuberger Berman.

BPER Banca, the Modena-based banking group, has unveiled the terms for a €800m rights issue to fund an acquisition of hundreds of branches across northern Italy from Intesa Sanpaolo.

The UK’s InterContinental Hotels and Italian airport Società Esercizi Aeroportuali have mandated for bond issues, giving investors another attempt to pick up some potentially higher yielding debt than has been on offer recently.

Investment grade companies are filtering into the euro bond market in the run-up to the last quarter of the year, including Informa, the UK publishing and exhibition company, which wants to swap its private placements for public bonds.

Asian Development Bank and the Province of Ontario hit the dollar market on Tuesday, with both issuers tapping the tricky 10 year part of the curve ahead of the start of public holidays in Asia this week which will put a pause on issuance in the currency.

Adidas showed that the sustainability bond market has further to run on Tuesday, when the German sportswear company launched its debut trade in the format inside fair value.

Svenska Handelsbanken found tight pricing for a dual offering of additional tier one (AT1) notes on Tuesday. It became the first European bank to set a dollar AT1 coupon of less than 4.5% for one of its tranches.

Schott, the German glass company, has refinanced a five year revolving credit facility with a three year deal, amid a push from lenders to reduce the maturity of their loan portfolios.

French semiconductor maker Soitec has returned to the equity-linked debt market with a new €325m five year convertible bond, after a rally in its share price since March.

Adidas, the German sportswear company, has mandated for a €500m no-grow debut sustainability bond, its third issue since it obtained credit ratings over the summer.

Volvo Car, the Swedish manufacturer owned by China’s Geely Holding, sold a debut green bond this week, days after saying its freshly published green finance framework would help it transform into an electric car maker.

The Kingdom of Morocco raised a €1bn bond on Thursday, which was priced wider than some analysts' fair value estimates. Market conditions, bankers said, are deteriorating ahead of expected volatility in coming months.