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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has extended the maturity of its €6.25bn syndicated bank facility, as loan market activity picks up at the beginning of the second quarter.

Volksbank Wien placed its debut additional tier one deal on Tuesday, becoming the latest financial institution to revisit a transaction that was first floated in late 2018.

Berry Global said on Monday that it has added more banks to the financing for its purchase of UK packaging group RPC, one of the year’s hotly anticipated new money leveraged loans.

AstraZeneca, the British-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant, has priced a historic £2.7bn accelerated transaction ($3.5bn) to fund a transformational oncology collaboration. But sources close to the deal say that execution was complicated by Brexit drama last Friday.

Saudi Aramco has published a bond programme prospectus and received its first credit ratings as it goes on the road to promote its first international capital markets transaction, which is expected to come to market this week.

Chinese state-owned investment bank Shenwan Hongyuan Group kicked off pre-marketing on Monday for its Hong Kong IPO.

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has entered into a collaboration agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo to develop a new antibody-drug conjugate which it is hoped will revolutionise cancer treatment. The deal is being funded through an equity capital raise.

Country Garden Holdings Co raised $1.5bn in a dual tranche trade on Thursday. The longer dated tranche, a seven year tenor, is the longest dated bond from a high yield property borrower this year.

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The European leveraged finance market is heating up, as long-awaited deals for the buyouts of UK plastics company RPC and German online listings firm Scout24 break cover. The two chunky deals will deliver much needed new money supply after a sluggish start to the year.

SNCF Réseau reopened its December 2047 green bonds for a €250m tap on Thursday, with the issuer bumping up the liquidity of its long dated debt.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has hit Goldman Sachs with a £34.3m fine for misreporting transactions.