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New Zealand dairy company, Fonterra Cooperative Group, opened books to its third dim sum bond on Monday. The deal comes amid a recent revival in offshore renminbi bond issuance but a dearth of international corporates names.

International schools operator Nord Anglia on Friday announced a Sfr235m bond to finance its recent purchase of six schools from Meritas.

United Biscuits has returned to the leveraged loan market to seek a repricing of £960m-equivalent of debt it raised in December to back its buyout by Yildiz Holding, the Turkish foods group.

The UK Debt Management Office has announced which banks will run its next planned syndication — which includes a rare name on a UK mandate.

Philippine homebuilder Vista Land & Lifescapes showed its increase savviness in the bond market by extending its debt maturities with no extra cost on June 12.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), which picked a consortium of 11 banks to supply its $550m financing, held a meeting for the lenders on June 8, said bankers. The Indonesian firm was initially looking for $400m but raised the size of the borrowing following a healthy response.

Borrowers in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector could find their funding plans rocked by whipsawing government bond yields for months to come.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) and Swedish Covered Bond Corp (SCBC) issued covered bonds of almost identical credit standing this week, but with very different outcomes.

The inflation linked market for eurozone governments showed itself to be resilient in the face of volatility in conventional bonds this week — boding well for one potential new entrant.

United Biscuits has returned to the leveraged loan market, seeking a repricing of around £960m-equivalent of debt, raised in December to back its buyout by Yildiz Holding, the Turkish foods group.

Schenck Process became the latest casualty of the levfin buy side this week, as investors stood firm on the borrower's aggressive €605m leveraged loan deal.

Labco, the French medical diagnostics company, plans to refinance all of its bonds with a new €800m issue. It agreed in May to be bought by private equity firm Cinven after pulling an IPO at the last minute.