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Goodyear Dunlop Tires, the US tyre manufacturer, is issuing €250m of eight year senior unsecured notes. A roadshow is scheduled for Wednesday in London.

Air Liquide and Saipem loans show that bankers and borrowers are not yet slowing down as they seek to tie up remaining bumper deals they launched in a busy fourth quarter.

Unédic and the Province of Quebec on Monday became the first issuers to print in euros since the European Central Bank disappointed market participants at a meeting of its governing council last week.

Vivalto Santé, the French private health service provider, has announced €228m of loans for its leveraged buyout by Mubadala Development Co, the Abu Dhabi Government owned investment and development company.

A fundraising for a unit of China National Chemical Corp is set to increase to €630m ($683.6m) from the launch size of €600m, after more than 10 banks piled into the syndicate.

In the first instalment of our 2015 awards, we present the winners for Best Project Financing, Best Leveraged Financing, Best Investment Grade Loan and Best Loans House.

Europe's high yield market has made a remarkable comeback in the past fortnight, crowned this week when Ball Corp, the US can maker, priced a €2bn-equivalent bond, highlighting the bullishness of euro markets inflated by QE, writes Victor Jimenez.

In a busy week for block trades in Europe’s equity capital market, Tuesday saw Bank of America Merrill Lynch is in action again, the day after its €750m trade in Safran shares with Barclays.

FIG bankers rejoiced this week as two markets that have been much maligned this year — insurance capital and sterling senior — showed enduring appeal just in time for a year end funding grab.

Austrian oil and gas company OMV emerged on Monday with a dual tranche hybrid bond that had been promised since August, but a broader revival for the product may have to wait until next year.

Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have on Thursday night launched and closed the expected $2.5bn capital raising for Naspers, the South African media and e-commerce company, as an accelerated bookbuild. The sale is covered.

Armacell, the German foam insulation manufacturer, is planning loan facilities for its €960m buyout by Blackstone and Kirkbi, a Danish investment firm.