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Synlab, the German laboratory services provider, is being acquired by private equity firm Cinven. The deal will be partly funded with €1.08bn of high yield debt which was priced on Thursday.

Apple is set to issue its first ever sterling bond, after mandating banks on Thursday. It is the third currency in which the issuer will have made its debut in 2015.

Three Chinese issuers came out on July 23 with new bonds. China Oilfield Services (COSL) and China Minmetals launched bookbuilding for dollar offerings, while Capital Juda started taking bids for a offshore renminbi (CNH) bond.

European corporate and fund services provider Vistra allocated its $700m acquisition loan on Tuesday afternoon, having marketed the deal in one of levfin’s most volatile fortnights.

Telenet, Belgium’s largest cable operator and a subsidiary of Liberty Global, issued a €530m high yield bond on Tuesday, to refinance its 6.375% 2020 bond.

Three companies on Tuesday added to the prospects for corporate bond issuance in Europe this week. Bolloré and RWE are set to complete deals roadshowed in June while Eurofins scientific has given a new mandate.

DomusVi, the French operator of private care homes for the elderly, announced on Tuesday a €125m tap of its subsidiary HomeVi’s only high yield bond, as it is acquiring Geriatros from private equity fund Magnum.

Beijing Infrastructure Investment returned to the euro market on July 20 with a €600m ($650m) four year bond, just four months after making its debut in the currency. The quick return was a resounding success for the state-owned issuer as investors that had stayed on the sidelines for the first deal came pouring in.

Cellnex Telecom, the broadcasting tower business floated by Abertis Infraestructuras in May, marketed and sold its first bond issue on Monday, raising €600m.

German debt collector Garfunkelux issued a €365m high yield bond on Monday, becoming the first in the mainstream, public euro high yield market since June 24.

The chief executive and other top officers of Merlin Properties, the acquisitive Spanish real estate company, have been on the road this week, for the company’s second rights issue in three months, as it seeks €1.034bn to buy Testa, another property firm.

The FIG market is slowly cranking into life with Goldman Sachs’ staggered dual tranche offering proving there is demand at both the long and short ends of the curve.