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Petit Forestier, the French refrigerated van and truck hire company, launched its €525m acquisition loan into syndication just days after the UK voted to leave the EU.

EMEA loans are down sharply this year and few are optimistic that the second half will provide a boost. However, the Schuldschein market has ploughed ahead with deals in another year of strong issuance volumes despite the UK’s Brexit vote last month.

Bank of China is planning to issue a multi-currency international green bond, in what will be China’s second offshore financial green offering.

Spanish renewable energy and engineering company Elecnor kept the margin unchanged as it refinanced €600m of loans.

European levloan investors snatched up Logoplaste’s €570m of acquisition loans, with many making reverse enquiries for the deal.

Just one bank was absent from French automotives parts manufacturer Faurecia’s amend and extend deal signed June 24.

Electricité de France has named 16 banks to underwrite its €4bn rights issue, of which €3bn will be bought by the French government.

Swedish sponsor EQT is set to syndicate €1.25bn of loans in July to fund its acquisition of German Bilfinger’s real estate business, in a market that has been led by German and French deals since the Brexit referendum.

Lifestyle International Holdings has returned to the loan market for a HK$8bn ($1bn) fundraising after a gap of nearly five years. The borrower, which operates the well-known Sogo department stores, has opted for a syndication instead of a club deal, with the rarity element of its name helping find to attract interest. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.

A $12.7bn Asia-focused loan for China National Chemical Corp’s acquisition of Swiss firm Syngenta is expected to enter the second phase of syndication as early as next week.

SSAB, the Swedish steel company, announced on Wednesday morning that its Skr5bn (€536m) seven-for-eight rights issue, led by Crédit Agricole, Handelsbanken, Nordea and Swedbank, had been oversubscribed by 38%.

A subsidiary of Lifestyle International Holdings, which operates department stores under the Sogo brand, has launched a HK$8bn ($1bn) loan into limited syndication.