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Simon Nixon, co-founder and one-time CEO of UK price comparison website MoneySupermarket.com, completed his exit from the firm on Wednesday night in the last of five block trades that together have brought him over £600m.

Moody’s has released figures reflecting just how poorly leveraged finance in Europe fared in February, with loan issuance falling 70% from January's high.

Mongolia is seeking up to $500m from its syndicated loan debut and has already received $250m of the funds.

Credit Suisse launched a block trade in MoneySupermarket.com, the UK price comparison website, on Tuesday night. The trade is the fifth and last public block sale by Simon Nixon, the company's co-founder.

The €150m floating rate note issued on Tuesday by Parex Group, the French construction chemicals manufacturer, has single-B ratings. However, high yield market participants said they need to see more issues before being able to draw clear conclusions about pricing for single-B issuers.

Western Digital, the US computer data storage manufacturer, had bank meetings Wednesday in London for its $9.5bn loan package, backing its $17bn acquisition of SanDisk.

Banks must make commitments to the $20bn tranche of ChemChina's Syngenta acquisition loan by March 22, according to a banker on the deal.

Beverage company Femsa became the third Mexican company in a week to sell euro denominated bonds on Monday, jumping on an ECB-driven rally in credit markets to sell €1bn of seven year paper.

BP Capital Markets kept its run of funding activity going strong on Monday, with a $500m five year Eurodollar transaction that was over three times oversubscribed.

Parex Group, the French producer of chemicals for the building industry, began roadshowing on Monday for a €150m floating rate note, in the busiest month yet this year for the European high yield market.

Diebold, the US cash machine (ATM) manufacturer, had bank meetings this week for its $1.3bn term loan ‘B’, backing its $1.8bn acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf.

Rabobank took advantage of tightening spreads to grab €2bn of long dated senior funding on Monday,and after the European Central Bank’s latest round of stimulus measures more banks are expected to follow this week.