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  • Ringier, the Swiss media company, launched a €50m Schuldschein on Tuesday that is expected to attract a wider range of investors than its first outing in the market last December, a successful €50m issue.
  • Industry pros at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Conference in New York this week were keen to point out the advantages of the private placement and ABS markets, citing the number of investors looking to increase allocations in both sectors.
  • French engineering services company doubled its initial launch size to just €450m, joining the growing proportion of Schuldschein deals closing over €200m. But, some question whether the growing number of larger companies accessing the German private placement market might affect funding chances for smaller SMEs
  • Surteco, a German plastics manufacturer, doubled its initial €100m deal size, entering the Schuldschein market to refinance the acquisition of Probos, and used additional demand to repay an existing US private placement.
  • French engineering services company Akka doubled its initial €200m launch size to just over €400m. With rising participation from Asian and European commercial bank lenders, issuers from the technology sector are finding higher levels of interest in the Schuldschein market.
  • French laundry group Elis has entered the Schuldschein market in the hope of refinancing part of a bridge facility used in its £2.2bn acquisition of UK rival Berendsen.