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Lindorff, the Norwegian debt collection group, launched on Tuesday a €250m tap of two of its bonds, with proceeds mainly destined to fund the recent purchase of a debt recovery unit from Spain’s Banco Sabadell.

Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has hired lead managers to run the first five year dollar syndication since a pair of deals failed to cross the line three weeks ago amid strong volatility in US Treasuries. Sweden and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations brought deals with more conservative maturities.

The European Union will this week sell its longest-dated deal in two years, after mandating banks for a €660m October 2029 on Tuesday afternoon.

RAC, the UK car recovery breakdown firm, has allocated its £1.25bn refinancing and recapitalisation loan after flexing the facility’s original issue discount in investors' favour.

China’s eHi Car Services has started driving up to investors for its $140m New York IPO, opening books for the transaction on November 4 with plenty of anchor support.

COFCO Land Holdings, which is soon to be known as Joy City Property, is marketing its debut dollar bond. The borrower has mandated eight banks to arrange investor meetings which start this week.

For six months, investors and salespeople have been hounding Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank to know when Apple – the world’s most glamorous consumer electronics group – would launch its first bond in euros.

Ontex, the Belgian producer of disposable hygienic products for babies and adults, is beginning on Tuesday a roadshow in London for a €250m high yield bond, after completing its IPO in June.

French telecoms group Altice has announced an offer to buy the Portuguese assets of Portugal Telecom from Oi, the Brazilian telecoms company, for €7bn.

Heathrow has signed a £2.15bn refinancing of its revolving credit and liquidity facilities with a syndicate of 22 banks. The loan comprises a £1.4bn revolving credit facility and a £750m standby liquidity facility.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken has begun a roadshow for its debut additional tier one capital issue. Along with a potential pair of capital trades from Australian banks, it will provide the FIG market’s first true test of investor risk appetite since the European Central Bank’s banking system health check.

Market participants are bracing themselves for an onslaught of bank capital deals in the coming weeks after another member of China’s big four banks – China Construction Bank (CCB) – announced it will be meeting investors for a CNH tier two trade.