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Suez Environnement, the French water and waste company, has issued a pair of private medium term notes, in only its second appearance in the bond market this year.

German cosmetics firm Douglas Holding, which is being acquired by CVC Partners from Advent International, sold €635m of high yield bonds on Friday after cutting their size for a second time.

CVC Partners on Thursday reduced to below €1bn its high yield offering to fund the acquisition of German cosmetics retailer Douglas Holding — yet investors dismissed the cut as a sign of an increasingly ‘closed for business’ market.

Douglas Holding, the German perfume retailer, has become the third leveraged finance borrower this week to feel the lash of investors' anxiety about Greece, as it widened pricing on its €1.22bn loan.

Orion Engineered Carbons, the German carbon black producer, is seeking a margin cut on a leveraged loan, just as the market's repricing wave appears to be ending.

Europcar, the French car rental company, is set to price its €800m initial public offering at €12.25 a share, a good result in the face of a market stressed by the Greek debt crisis.

Heinz rounded out an impressive debt financing exercise on Wednesday for its merger with Kraft, adding modestly sized euro and sterling bonds to the $10bn seven tranche dollar issue it had done on Tuesday.

Deutsche Wohnen, the German property company, mandated banks on Thursday for a roadshow to market the possible sale of its first non-convertible bonds.

Orion Engineered Carbons, the German carbon black producer, is seeking a margin cut on a leveraged loan, just as the market's repricing wave appears to be ending.

Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) has mandated six banks to prepare for the first outing to the offshore debt market this year. Although nothing has been decided on the upcoming notes, the borrower is expected to return before November 2015, when its existing bond comes up for maturity.

Hong Kong IPOs took centre stage in Asia ex-Japan ECM this week, as two healthcare-related names went live on June 22 while Legend Holdings and Red Star Macalline Group Corp priced their deals at the top end of expectations.

The fourth accelerated bookbuild in China Cinda Asset Management Co this year was completed even as Greece’s seemingly never-ending debt drama raged on, with Standard Chartered Financial Holding raising HK$1.64bn ($211.29m) from a sell-down on June 24.