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The drought of equity-linked bond issuance in EMEA has suddenly ended this week, with the launch of two deals in three days, by GN Store Nord, the Danish maker of hearing aids and audio devices, and Impala Platinum Holdings, the South African mining company.

The stampede by corporate dollar issuers continued into a second consecutive week with Italian energy giant Enel printing the largest ever deal by an Italian corporate in the US investment grade market, and the second biggest Yankee deal of 2017.

Santander effectively opened the Swiss market for senior non-preferred notes on Tuesday as it raised Sfr400m in the largest deal of its type, encouraging for a market looking for future TLAC issuance.

A group of private equity firms have joined forces to merge UK insurance broker Towergate and four peers into a new industry player called Kirs, and this week launched a £800m bond to back the move.

The Asia ex-Japan G3 bond market saw a slew of issuers from a variety of backgrounds hit the market on Thursday, with borrowers from Greater China as well as Indonesia venturing offshore.

UK airport Heathrow landed orders for more than five times its £250m offering on Wednesday, in a week with less than €500m of new paper in sterling and euros in the high yield bond market.

Lotte Chemical Titan, the Malaysia-based arm of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, has fixed a ceiling price for its MR5.9bn ($1.4bn) IPO.

Santander effectively opened the Swiss market for senior non-preferred notes on Tuesday. The Spanish bank debut offer attracted Sfr400m ($411.4m) worth of interest –– encouraging for a market looking for future TLAC issuance.

Swiss fintech firm Avaloq released price guidance on its Sfr410m-equivalent of euro loans this week in a deal backing Warburg Pincus’s minority investment at a valuation of over Sfr1bn. It follows French packaging firm Verllia’s repricing of its €1.375bn term loan down to 300bp on Monday.

Nanyang Commercial Bank is seeking a dollar-denominated Basel III compliant additional tier one deal.

After three years away, UK producer of grocery and sweets Premier Foods returned to the bond market with a £210m fiver year non-call one floater to join 2017’s sterling issuance comeback.