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Exact Holdings, the Dutch software company, held bank meetings for its $460m acquisition loan in New York on Monday, and then presented the deal to European investors in London on Wednesday, a lender base that is usually more chary of the tech sector than its US peer.

Dutch cable company Ziggo accelerated its dual currency bond issue to price it on Wednesday after its sister company, Virgin Media of the UK, had sold the first bond of a restructuring plan involving four Liberty Global cable subsidiaries.

Liberty Global, the European cable investment group, on Tuesday laid out to lenders the terms of a complex refinancing process which will combine the debt of two merging Dutch subsidiaries, UPC Netherlands and Ziggo.

Sunrise Communications Group, the Swiss telecom firm, decided on Thursday to press ahead with its Sfr1.35bn initial public offering, even as the Swiss stock market fell nearly 9% after the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly abandoned its ceiling for the Swiss franc against the euro.

Enel, Italy's leading power company, announced on Wednesday that it would issue a benchmark 10 year bond in an exchange offer for up to €5.5bn of existing bonds, as part of a liability management exercise. The transaction is meant to extend Enel's maturity profile.

Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) staged a successful return to the international debt market on January 12, selling a SEC registered dual tranche deal that drew over $6bn of demand. Amid high levels of volatility since the start of the new year, bankers chose a good window for the Korean issuer, which achieved its goals for size and pricing.

South Korea’s Woori Bank raised smaller-than-expected $350m with its first dollar bond of 2015 on January 14. Due to the smaller order book size and slower bookbuilding process than usual, the South Korean lender had to settle for the lower end of what it aimed to raise, but has been enjoying a good performance in the secondary market.

Sunrise Communications Group, the Swiss telecom firm based in Zurich, intends to float on SIX Swiss Exchange in the first half of this year, as it joins the long list of issuers that have announced this week their intentions to float.

Liberty Global, the European cable investment group, laid out to lenders yesterday the terms of a complex refinancing process, which will combine the debt of two Dutch subsidiaries, UPC Netherlands and Ziggo, which are merging.

Dutch cable company Ziggo accelerated its €730m-equivalent dual currency bond and priced it today, after its sister company Virgin Media had yesterday priced tighter than guidance the first bond of a restructuring plan involving four Liberty Global cable subsidiaries.

Woori Bank opened books to its first dollar bond this year on Wednesday, January 14, as the South Korean lender was encouraged by the relatively successful outcomes of compatriot Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) earlier this week.

Integrated Diagnostics Holdings, an Egyptian company that offers diagnostic services and radiology in Egypt, Jordan and Sudan, began premarketing on Tuesday for a London IPO — the first by an Egyptian company since 2008.