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Airbus’s defence electronics unit has launched a €425m term loan ‘B’ backing private equity firm KKR’s €1.1bn acquisition of the business.

One of Germany’s largest renewable energy project lenders has mandated banks for a debut green senior unsecured bond, which a banker involved in the trade labelled “greener than green”.

Aeronautics and space company Airbus on Monday offered investors a €1.5bn two tranche bond in a market that is becoming ever more issuer-friendly.

The €640m loan for German hardware manufacturer Stabilus will include a €115m bridge to equity facility.

Lenders have piled in with aggregate commitments well beyond the €1.5bn deal size for Qatar National Bank, as the lender swerved negative ratings actions against a number of Qatari banks.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is getting ready to bring out a new $500m senior bond to the international debt market, picking four banks to work on the offering.

French motorways operator Autoroutes du Sud brought a €500m no-grow bond to the market on Wednesday, drawing in a €2.2bn order book.

Orange returned to the European benchmark bond market on Tuesday after a two year hiatus, as it issued a €750m nine year transaction that benefited from the company's infrequent issuance.

LBBW, OP Mortgage Bank and Mortgage Bank of Finland took little time to sell their benchmark euro deals this week.

The European corporate bond market hit a bump in the road on Wednesday as unrated Altrad pulled a sub-benchmark sized transaction during a busy day of primary activity.

Daimler’s thirst for euro denominated debt was on show once again on Tuesday as it tapped the market for a €3.25bn triple tranche deal, the third time this year it has used the structure.

Kaufman & Broad, the French housing developer, completed its ‘re-IPO’ on Thursday, increasing its freefloat from 9% to 45% in a deal that totalled €257m before the greenshoe.