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Suez, the French water and waste services group, sold €750m of zero coupon bonds on Tuesday, despite being in the midst of fighting off an €11.3bn hostile takeover bid from domestic rival Veolia.

KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.

Coca-Cola, the US beverage company, kicked the issuance week off in the European corporate market, with the borrower landing flat to fair value on two out of three tranches.

Four public sector borrowers announced new deals in the primary market on Monday ahead of the European Union’s much anticipated second transaction from its Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency programme this year, which is expected to arrive later in the week.

Dyal Capital, the US private equity firm that specialises in buying minority equity stakes in private equity and hedge fund managers, has employed a financing method — private placements securitized on fund cashflows — rarely seen before in its industry, writes Silas Brown.

Non-European names hit the euro market this week with a trio of US companies and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) raising debt. But syndicate bankers say rising US rates are still way off the sweet spot that would make the euro market irresistible for all Reverse Yankee issuers.

Saudi Arabia sold its second euro denominated bond on Wednesday, achieving a negative yield — the first bond of its kind from a Middle East issuer. However, some in the market were underwhelmed with the transaction, which they say is evident in the deal statistics.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) had a storming outing in the bond markets this week, easily raising €1bn in Europe and $8bn on the other side of the Atlantic to refinance M&A bridge debt.

Indian renewable energy company ReNew Power is planning to list on the Nasdaq in the US through an $8bn merger with a special purpose acquisition company (Spac).

Saudi Arabia was set to sell its second ever bond in euros on Wednesday. The bond, which will allow the kingdom to further diversify its investor base, is expected to tighten considerably from initial price thoughts.

Vantage Towers, the telecoms towers unit of Vodafone, has launched its long-awaited flotation on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, having announced its intention to float on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia mandated banks on Tuesday to arrange a bond in euros, just a month after it last entered the market to raise dollars. The "opportunistic" bond will enable the kingdom to achieve tight pricing and diversification, market participants said.