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UK distressed debt buyer Arrow Global this week returned to the market, after selling euros in April, with a refinancing deal to repay in full its 7.875% 2020 notes.

Cloetta, the Swedish confectionery company, has agreed Skr3.7bn ($430m) of unsecured loans with a group of four Nordic banks, its first ever syndicated loan.

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Norwegian gas and oil shipping and storage company Stolt-Nielsen has agreed $325m of new debt arrangements with three of its relationship banks to fund the purchase of Jo Tankers' chemical tanker operations.

Hospitality business Genting Hong Kong, which operates cruise liners, has signed a $500m borrowing to refinance debt taken for funding six vessels.

Swedish car safety specialist Autoliv has refinanced a $1.1bn revolving credit facility, with two banks leaving and two joining the syndicate. Deals in the region have seen rival lenders increase their share of bookrunning volumes this year.

Norwegian renewable power company E-Co Energi brought in two new banks to its latest Nkr1.5bn (€160.6m) refinancing, and saw two leave the syndicate.

Shares in AcadeMedia, which claims to be the largest education company in Europe, soared on Wednesday in heavy trading volume on the first day after its IPO, which a banker said achieved a "record high level of oversubscription".

Equity capital markets issuers and banks successfully completed the first batch of summer IPOs last week, and there is now expected to be very little activity until after the UK’s referendum on June 23.

AP Møller-Mærsk, the Danish shipping and oil company, revived its Norwegian krone bond funding on Monday with a three tranche deal that attracted much more demand than expected, growing to Nkr5.2bn (€558m).

Recipharm, the Swedish pharmaceutical company, has completed its Skr805m (€86m) rights issue to finance its acquisition of Kemwell’s manufacturing outsourcing businesses in India, Sweden and the US.

Nordic IT company Evry, 88% owned by Apax Partners, has tightened pricing on its €275m dividend recapitalisation term loan ‘B’.