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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.

Mizuho Financial Corp marketed a senior bond on Tuesday, breaking the silence in the financial institutions bond market this week. The issuer attracted €1.7bn of orders, showcasing its established name in a quiet market.

Investors are calculating the value of Airtel Africa, the African subsidiary of Indian telecoms conglomerate Bharti Airtel, as it is going ahead with a floatation on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Rabobank’s Adam Wotton is set to move to HSBC’s leveraged and acquisition finance team as a director.

Indian conglomerate Larsen and Toubro is selling-down a batch of shares in subsidiary L&T Technology Services and is looking to raise at least Rp6.65bn ($96.2m).

Bilfinger, the German industrial services group emerging from a troubled period, is roadshowing on Monday and Tuesday for a €250m bond it pulled in October. The market conditions are not ideal but investors are engaging with the deal.