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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) priced its third euro benchmark of the year, and its fourth covered bond benchmark across all currencies, on Tuesday. The deal took advantage of space created by robust Eurosystem central bank demand at the short end. And responding to reverse enquiry, the issuer also priced a £250m three year floater.

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The US investment grade corporate bond market barely blinked this week when the US Federal Reserve called time on quantitative easing. Companies hit the market ahead of what is expected to be a bumper November for new issuance.

The highlight deal of the week in Europe’s corporate bond market was Hutchison Whampoa’s €1.5bn seven year issue on Tuesday — part of a bigger deal that also involved three and 10 year dollar bonds totalling $3.5bn.

The $500m five year, non-callable senior bond Jaguar Land Rover sold on Tuesday began trading up at 100.75, gathering investor interest in a market environment that “is only now becoming more stable”, said the company’s treasurer.

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is back in the bond market after a four year break and hopes investors will agree to swap out of a costlier deal issued in 2005.

Hutchison Whampoa showed off its impeccable access to bond markets, rewriting the record books and selling $5.4bn worth of dollar and euro bonds on October 28 in what is the largest corporate offshore deal to come out of Asia ex-Japan.

Korea Expressway pulled its dollar bond before the US open on October 27 after it realised it was not going to achieve its target price. Bankers were frustrated and said that a decent trade could have been done at a higher yield, but the issuer was not willing to pay up.

Deutsche Bank is pulling out the stops to succeed in its ambition to be Europe’s clear and consistent leader in corporate finance, writes David Rothnie.

One of India’s largest property developers, Indiabulls Real Estate, is gearing up for its maiden bond in the offshore market with a series of investor meetings.

Nestlé, the Swiss foods group, on Wednesday seized the opportunity of a stable and empty market to issue a €500m seven year bond, paying a tiny new issue premium and achieving what one banker said was a record low yield.

Deutsche Bank has promoted the head of its EMEA financial sponsors group to co-head its UK corporate finance business