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British American Tobacco has offered the sterling market its second long dated bond in as many days, a £350m 40 year tranche as part of a €1.1bn offering.

Santander UK was set to take home €1bn of five year operating co senior debt after a swift execution on Wednesday, with its slim new issue premium boding well for borrowers looking to grab funding before year end.

AP Moeller-Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate, has raised its first benchmark euro bond since issuing a profit warning in October, a €600m seven year trade.

Tightly priced and low yielding Pfandbriefe issued this week by HSH Nordbank and Deutsche Hypo received less demand than usual, with HSH failing to attract enough attention to cover its deal.

Vodafone has attracted a €2.5bn order book for a €750m five year bond, its first since negotiations over an asset swap with Liberty Global fell through.

German Startups Group Berlin, a company that invests in digital technology start-ups, was finally listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Wednesday, having previously tried, and failed, to float there.

WPP, the UK advertising firm, attracted more than €3bn of orders for its four year benchmark bond on Tuesday as investors showed they were willing to turn on the taps for the right deal.

BBVA issued a €1.25bn five year covered bond on Tuesday that attracted an order book unequaled in size in the Cédulas market since July.

Rumours that the European Central Bank will add German regions to its public sector purchase programme fuelled demand for a State of Hessen benchmark on Thursday, said bankers.

Vodafone has attracted a €2.5bn order book for a €750m five year bond, its first since negotiations over an asset swap with Liberty Global fell through.

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has signed its $77m loan, the first international syndicated loan this year for a borrower in Nigeria, which has been struggling with a low oil price and political instability.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgian-Brazilian brewer, mandated a group of 21 banks to provide its $75bn loan facility, but there was no coordinator as AB InBev took an active role in arranging the transaction.