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CDP Financial and Swedish Export Credit Corp (SEK) were the only SSA names to brave a volatile dollar market this week, and both deals got across the line.

Eutelsat, the Baa3/BBB- rated satellite company, launched a benchmark eight year euro bond on Thursday, into a market kept empty by the European Central Bank's press conference. Bilfinger and Cabot were the only other corporate issuers.

Bilfinger succeeded in issuing its €250m bond on Thursday, having had to pull it in October. The German industrial services group obtained a €600m book and was able to knock 37.5bp off the yield.

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KfW returned to the market on Wednesday for its second five year euro benchmark of the year. The €5bn 0% July 2024 note was issued with the lowest yield the German agency has ever paid.

The US’s Occidental Petroleum has completed an $8.8bn loan and is raising a $13bn bridge to back its $57bn purchase of Anadarko Petroleum, with a bevy of lenders getting in on the action.

Derwent London, the UK commercial property developer, has shrugged off Brexit-related concerns about the outlook for the London real estate market to place a £175m convertible bond due in 2025 to finance a buyback of an older note due next month.

Investors proved their appetite for corporate bonds this week by gobbling €5bn of them on a single day, as Publicis Groupe and BMW issued jumbo deals on a second consecutive day of heavy issuance in Europe.

Investors piled into Guangdong Energy Group’s inaugural offshore bond issue, allowing the single-A rated power supplier to price the trade from an over eight times covered order book.

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China raised $400m from a bond sold through its real estate business on Tuesday. While the deal carried the weight of the Ping An name, the issuer’s aggressive pricing strategy scared some investors off.

After 10 days of very scanty issuance and some weak markets, more stable conditions on Tuesday brought a salvo of five deals to the euro corporate bond market, offering a wide range of single-A and triple-B credits.

The State of Schleswig-Holstein returned to the market with a 10 year note on Tuesday. Meanwhile, KfW has announced a new five year euro deal, following on from January’s record KfW book for the maturity.