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A spectacular spectrum of FIG issuers stormed into the bond markets this week as the European Central Bank’s latest round of stimulus squeezed spreads tighter and investors finally caved in to the bulging pipeline of deals. With Easter fast approaching, there is little sign of issuance slowing, writes Tyler Davies.

A broad estimate of derivative market sentiment rebounded in March, but remains well below historical average levels.

Anheuser-Busch InBev took Europe’s rocking corporate bond market to another level on Wednesday, as the Belgium headquartered brewer raised the largest ever euro-denominated corporate bond.

Senvion, the German wind turbine maker, pulled its €700m IPO on Wednesday morning, after a difficult bookbuild that failed to deliver a covered book.

Europe’s IPO market today experienced its first setback in over a month, as Senvion’s owners decided to postpone the firm’s Frankfurt listing.

There has been €6.5bn of euro FIG supply across most asset classes in the first two sessions this week, with issuers riding a turnaround in sentiment after the European Central Bank announced more monetary stimulus last week.

Malaysian telecommunications group Axiata extended its credit curve this week, raising $500m from a 10 year wakala sukuk.

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.

Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale found strong demand at the five year part of the dollar curve on Tuesday, as L-Bank delayed a deal in the same currency and tenor.

Deutsche Bank launched a defensive three year senior trade on Tuesday, as the lender looked to make its way back to the public debt market after a tumultuous start to the year.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has promoted a new head of global capital markets from its leveraged finance division.