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Crane maker Konecranes raised €150m with an inaugural Schuldschein on Monday, following its Finnish compatriot, food packager Huhtamäki.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) is holding investor calls on Monday for its third offshore transaction of 2017, opting again for a combination of dollars and euros, and possibly its first 30 year dollar bond.

Elis, the French laundry group, has raised €600m from 12 banks, in part to pay off the bridge facility it used to acquire UK rival Berendsen in the summer.

Chinese telecom firm Huawei Technologies has launched a $1.2bn five year loan into general syndication.

China Development Bank Corp priced its maiden international green bond on Thursday, raising close to $1.7bn from a dual-currency transaction that will fund Belt and Road related projects. The deal offered diversification not only to the issuer but also to investors.

The public sector market for euro paper is providing superb execution for those borrowers that still have needs in the currency — but those are few and far between.

Leveraged loan issuance is set to outpace sales of new high yield bonds with a surge this year, pushed by a varied array of borrowers seeking not just tighter margins on old debt, such as US chemical group Angus this week, but also funding for acquisitions, as with Nordic travel operator Etraveli.

Bookrunners on China Development Bank Corp’s debut international green bond have released price guidance for a dual-tranche transaction featuring dollars and euros.

China Development Bank Corp (CDB) is gearing up for talks with fixed income investors for its inaugural offshore green bond, mandating firms for a dual-currency transaction.

BNP Paribas' management team used the French bank's third quarter earnings call to quash rumours that it was pursuing a major cross-border acquisition in Europe, after the bank was linked to a bid for Commerzbank in September.

Lonza, the Swiss medical firm, is sounding the market for a $100m seven year loan, following a €870m-equivalent Schuldschein transaction in August.

Amprion, the German electricity transmission firm, is looking to raise €100m with the Schuldschein product as well as the Namensschuldverschreibung (NSV) — a similar instrument that is registered and can have a maturity longer than 10 years.