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Douglas Holding, the German perfumery chain, received a favourable initial response from investors at its Wednesday bank meeting as it launched the €1bn loan portion of its buyout debt.

European money market funds are buying more and more Chinese bank debt as low yields and falling short-end issuance from European banks forces them to look elsewhere.

Europcar, the French car rental company, has achieved a covered book on its initial public offering within two days of launching the bookbuild.

A pair of borrowers printed oversubscribed dollar deals in conservative maturities on Tuesday, finding conditions easier than at the long end of the euro curve.

A smaller than typical seven year euro benchmark for KfW on Tuesday underlined how difficult execution in euros has become for public sector borrowers.

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena made a successful conclusion to its €3bn rights issue this week, when the last tiny scrap of shares was swiftly auctioned on Tuesday.

The investment grade corporate bond market suffered another difficult day on Monday, with the breakdown of talks between Greece and its creditors at the weekend giving issuers and investors ample reason to shun the primary market.

Two SSA borrowers are out with dollar deals early this week — trades that could set the tone for the rest of the week’s issuance in the currency.

A trio of SSA issuers are set to pepper the euro curve on Tuesday, despite waves of volatility engulfing the market over the past few weeks.

Douglas Holding, the German perfumery chain, has enlivened the leveraged loan market this Monday, launching a €1bn deal that will contribute to its buyout by CVC.

It’s a case of a high-profile issuer garnering support from equally eminent investors, as Legend Holdings, the conglomerate that owns Lenovo, launched its Hong Kong IPO that could raise as much as HK$17.5bn ($2.3bn).

International schools operator Nord Anglia on Friday announced a Sfr235m bond to finance its recent purchase of six schools from Meritas.