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Ascential, the information and events business formerly known as Top Right Group and Emap, has got its London IPO covered.

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and L-Bank are out with long five year euro benchmarks, as bankers reported a lack of demand at the short and long end of the curve.

Keurig Green Mountain, the US coffee maker, had replies due on Tuesday for a $6.4bn debt package backing its $13.9bn acquisition by JAB, the German investment group.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank issued its second ever covered bond this week, raising $500m from a five year note that was more or less a replica of its debut transaction.

Bankers say that five years appears to be the right point in euros in a week in which a raft of issuers hit the books.

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.