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The Finanzagentur is set to make its first appearance in syndicated format since 2009 with a 30 year inflation linker that will extend the sovereign’s inflation linked curve.

Three convertible bonds were launched in Europe on Tuesday, by British Land, steel tube maker Salzgitter and Iida Group, a Japanese condominium developer.

Spain and Council of Europe Development Bank hit the long end of the curve in euros on Tuesday ahead of a Greek debt repayment deadline later this week.

Sivantos, the renamed spinoff of Siemens Audiology Solutions, has launched a repricing of a €785m leveraged loan backing its buyout by EQT, which closed last December.

Nasdaq-listed Qunar Cayman Islands, a provider of online travel services, is in the market with a follow-on offering of 8m American Depositary Shares (ADS) which could raise some $360m based on its current share price.

European high yield credit has lost a key market-making banker, say sources, as Goldman Sachs has moved a big name trader to its distressed business.

Europcar began premarketing its IPO on Monday, seeking to raise €475m of primary proceeds to cut a €2.2bn debt load, as well as some secondary proceeds to be decided later.

Apple is set to issue its first ever bond in yen this week, adding a fourth borrowing currency as it funds its growing programme of returning capital to shareholders.

Darling Ingredients, the Texas-based food ingredients maker, sold a €515m senior unsecured bond to yield 4.75% on Friday, even as French cable manufacturer Nexans was pulling its €250m deal.

Legend Holdings, Red Star Macalline Group Corp and Shandong Weigao Orthopaedic Device Co plan to hold their respective listing hearings with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday, June 4.

Home Depot and Time Warner led a flurry of corporate borrowers on Thursday as the dollar market closed in on a record month for issuance.

Equity capital markets specialists watched wild trading in the shares and rights of Banca Monte dei Paschi this week, after the rights to subscribe for its capital increase began trading on Monday.