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Onorato Armatori, the Italian ferry operator, woke up the high yield market with a four day roadshow on Monday for its €300m debut bond. The issuer was followed by four more announcements.

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and L-Bank are out with long five year euro benchmarks, as bankers reported a lack of demand at the short and long end of the curve.

Italy is set to benefit from a Bank of Japan-induced rally in eurozone government bonds late last week after mandating for a 30 year benchmark on Monday — and bankers suggest Spain could follow with a similar deal.

Keurig Green Mountain, the US coffee maker, had replies due on Tuesday for a $6.4bn debt package backing its $13.9bn acquisition by JAB, the German investment group.

WTI crude oil front month futures fell from Monday, erasing gains from last week.

The heir to Samsung Group has raised W382bn ($318.7m) by selling part of his holding in Samsung SDS, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate.

AIB Mortgage Bank attracted robust demand for its €1bn seven year covered bond issued on Thursday, and WL Bank also did well despite the difficult 10 year tenor and measly spread.

The retail sale of Lloyds Bank shares will be delayed, rather than held this spring as planned, UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne said today.

A window for sovereign, supranational and agency issuance opened after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, with deals likely to get done before the inevitable slowdown accompanying the start of the Chinese new year on February 8.

KfW and the European Investment Bank nipped in with one-day executions on Thursday, raising €1bn apiece in what has been a turbulent week.

Ascential, the information and events business formerly known as Top Right Group and Emap, on Thursday started building the book for a London IPO that could give it a market capitalisation of up to £880m.

Asian Development Bank was first out of the blocks in dollars after issuance in the currency stopped for a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday.