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Dutch biotechnology firm Qiagen has launched a tightly priced €150m dual currency Schuldschein, as investors treat it as a German issuer.

Bpifrance Financement broke its size record on Tuesday, nipping back into capital markets ahead of several of its compatriots, according to a funding official at the issuer. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and NRW.Bank also made the most of the stable conditions, printing their own benchmarks.

Saga, the UK insurance company, priced its £250m bond almost almost 40bp inside initial price thoughts on Tuesday, in the European high yield market's first new issue since the French election, despite fears that a Macron win could be read as negative for the Brexiting UK.

Indonesian state-owned electricity distributor Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) raised $2bn from a dual-trancher on Monday. It achieved both size and price, while bankers said it also helped boost supply from the country’s quasi-sovereigns.

Bank of Communications Hong Kong sealed a $1bn deal across two floating rate tranches on Monday, continuing issuers’ trend of favouring the structure.

Leoch International Technology has wrapped up its syndicated fundraising at a larger size of $200m.

South Korea’s Woori Bank sneaked into the debt market on Monday with a $500m Basel III additional tier one, timing its deal for the day before the country held its presidential election.

CK Hutchison Holdings is making a rapid return to the dollar market, collecting bids for a subordinated perpetual bond on Tuesday, its first hybrid outing after a 2015 restructuring.

KfW is set to bring its first green bond in euros in nearly a year, with the deal coming amid a flurry of conventional trades in the currency. KommuneKredit is also in the SRI pipeline, after running a roadshow to introduce its green bond framework.

Hospital operator Ameos has scheduled a bank meeting for Wednesday morning for a €510m loan refinancing, as banks scramble for deals.

Three public sector borrowers hit screens on Monday, mandating in a euro market buoyed by the defeat of National Front candidate Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French presidential election on Sunday.

The Bank of England has published data on the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL), and analysts said that UK firms will have little difficulty complying with the rules by 2022.