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UK energy company SSE, formerly known as Scottish and Southern Energy, has mandated banks for a hybrid bond transaction with non-call six euro and non-call 5.5 year sterling tranches.

Survitec, the UK survival equipment provider, is making changes to the term sheet on its £310m acquisition loan before completing syndication of the deal.

TDC completed on Friday February 20 the financing for its acquisition of Norwegian cable operator Get AS with an €800m 12 year senior bond, following its €750m hybrid issue on Thursday.

Angola has mandated banks for its next Eurobond but found its options limited as three major EM houses revealed they cannot or will not lead its deals.

Two single-B rated sovereigns are marketing dollar benchmarks. Ivory Coast and Lebanon are likely to attract great interest in what has been a deal starved quarter.

Danish telecommunications company TDC has put in place the first part of its long term funding for its acquisition of Norwegian cable company Get AS, with a €750m hybrid bond.

Jaguar Land Rover, the UK car maker, issued on Thursday a £400m eight year high yield bond yielding just 3.875%, to finance a tender offer for its 2020 sterling notes.

Hoffmann-La Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical and medical diagnostics group, on Wednesday launched its first public euro bond since 2012, and achieved remarkably tight pricing.

A2A, the Italian multi-utility, pulled in a big book for a €300m 10 year bond it priced on Wednesday as part of a liability management exercise. The company launched a tender offer for €762m of notes due 2016 on the same day.

Ivory Coast is marketing a 12 year amortising note. After receiving $4.7bn in orders for its 2024s last year, it has shrugged off a history of defaults.

TeliaSonera, the Swedish telecommunications company, has issued a €500m 20 year bond, extending its euro curve by two years. The deal posed a pricing challenge, as Telia's curve is inverted and of patchy liquidity.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco), has mandated four banks to prepare its return to the offshore debt market which could come as early as in April.