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A trio of US banks found deep demand in the euro market this week, with Citi, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan all drawing large order books for senior deals in the currency. A favourable cost of funding compared to dollars allowed the banks to offer up large new issue premiums to investors, calming the nerves of any investors concerned by the recent glut of supply or possible volatility from Thursday’s ECB meeting.

Restaurant chain operator Wagamama will cancel its banking debt with the £150m senior secured bond it sold on Wednesday, a debut issue for the company.

Goldman Sachs has promoted investment banking veteran Stephen Wong to the newly created role of chairman of IB for Hong Kong.

Tele Columbus is on the verge of pricing its IPO, the first of the year in Europe. The German cable company’s sale has been a success, and will be priced at €10 a share, the midpoint of the €8 to €12 range, and the top of the revised range.

SIG Combibloc, the Swiss drinks carton maker, has launched the long-awaited €2.265bn loan backing its acquisition by Onex, the largest European leveraged takeover financing of the year so far.

Tele Columbus has tightened the price range for its IPO, suggesting that the deal will be priced above the bottom end of the range.

Mike Ashley, founder of the UK sportswear retailer Sports Direct, on Tuesday sold a block of shares in the company for £110.9m.

Tele Columbus’s IPO is oversubscribed, with demand coming in at a variety of levels within the €8 to €12 a share range.

Five high yield companies were roadshowing for bond issues in Europe on Monday, as banks in the market have refound their confidence and are ready to begin bringing deals in earnest.

HKBN, or Hong Kong Broadband Network, plans to start gauging investor appetite for its IPO of around $600m in early to mid-February, say bankers on the listing.

Goldman Sachs fourth quarter results, announced on Friday, were buoyed by an increase in activity in mergers and acquisitions, a sector in which the bank led the market with $1tr worth of announced and completed deals over 2014.