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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) funded itself more cheaply with a 15 year covered bond than it did with a five year this week. It followed Swedish Covered Bond Corporation (SCBC) which issued at the same spread as earlier deals despite a market widening.

KfW and the European Investment Bank nipped in with one-day executions on Thursday, raising €1bn apiece in what has been a turbulent week.

Ascential, the information and events business formerly known as Top Right Group and Emap, on Thursday started building the book for a London IPO that could give it a market capitalisation of up to £880m.

LGC, the UK life sciences company being bought by KKR, tightened price guidance on its €350m euro term loan ‘B’ again, after bringing forward its deadline.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is looking to price its second covered bond on Thursday, while HNA Group is out to tap its existing dollar notes that were issued two months ago.

A trio of agencies priced deals on Wednesday after a challenging Tuesday that was impacted by a combination of worrying data from China and low oil prices.

Emirates Global Aluminium has still not completed syndication of its $4.9bn seven year loan facility, despite bankers saying that the deal would have closed before the end of last year.

Shire's $18bn loan looks set for a strong subscription in syndication, said bankers this week, and a string of bridge financing deals is raising the market's mood.

B&B Hotels, France’s third largest budget hotels group, held bank meetings on Tuesday backing its €800m buyout by PAI Partners from the Carlyle Group and Montefiore Investment.

The European Financial Stability Facility will hit the short and long end of the curve with its second benchmark of the year, a move that is being viewed as an effort to achieve size and duration.

Heathrow, London’s largest airport, printed its second Swiss franc bond on Monday, surprising bankers away from the deal with its timing.

LGC, the UK life sciences company being bought by KKR, has tightened price guidance on its €350m euro term loan ‘B’ and accelerated its deadline.