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Stadshypotek was lucky to raise €1bn of six year funding at 3bp over mid-swaps on Monday, a feat that leads said would not have been possible on Tuesday as markets deteriorated.

Covered bond volumes were higher this week than last even as mounting fears of a UK decision to leave the European Union lead to greater volatility and increased execution risk.

Ethypharm, the French pharmaceutical firm, has allocated a €337m seven year term loan ‘B’ at tighter pricing than initial guidance, following a heavy oversubscription.

The pre-summer rush for IPOs in Hong Kong is well underway with three companies starting investor education this week, even as stocks started Monday with a wobble.

As European leveraged finance markets skid towards next week's UK referendum on EU membership, French glass bottle maker Verallia this week combined bonds and loans to cut its debt costs and pay Apollo Global a dividend.

Europe’s investment grade corporate bond market has almost caught up with last year’s volume, after a dire start to the year, but issuance in the next nine days is likely to be very quiet, leading up to the Brexit referendum on Thursday June 23.

Sysco Corp, the US food service group, completed the financing for its acquisition of UK peer Brakes Group on Tuesday with a €500m bond that was successfully sold in the teeth of market volatility.

Gunit Chadha, chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank for Asia Pacific, is set to leave on July 17, according to a note on the firm's website.

Otto, the unrated German online retailer, issued a €250m bond on Friday, which a banker on it said showed the resilience of demand by private wealth management-type investors, on a day when a more conventional, institutionally driven investment grade deal might have struggled as those investors watched screens turn red.

Cott Corp, the US-Canadian drinks maker, on Thursday sold a €450m bond to support its buyout of Eden Springs of Switzerland.

Spanish elections and narrowing polls on the UK's referendum on EU membership are taking their toll on bank debt markets with a sole Nordic covered bond out to keep investors entertained on Monday.

China Development Bank Leasing Co has started testing investor appetite for its potential $1.2bn IPO, according to sources familiar with the matter.