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The first mainstream European equity-linked issue of 2015 came on Tuesday, as the Dubreuil family sold a bond exchangeable into shares of Rémy Cointreau, the French spirits group they control.

SNCF Réseau had little problem tempting investors back to its paper after a rebranding from Réseau Ferré de France, as it sold its largest ever benchmark on Tuesday.

Ford Credit Europe Bank, the US car maker’s European financing vehicle, found plenty of demand for a €650m three year floating rate note and a €650m seven year fixed rate bond on Tuesday.

Heathrow, London's largest airport, issued a €750m 15 year class A secured bond on Tuesday, extending its euro curve by eight years. Despite the bonds arguably being priced through Heathrow's euro curve, the deal was more than three times oversubscribed.

Reliance Industries is back in the dollar debt market for the second time in two weeks, taking advantage of strong residual demand to launch a 30 year bond on February 3.

Shimao Property Holdings is looking to be the first high yield property name from China to tap the offshore bond market this year, opening books to a 7 non call 4 dollar transaction on February 3. And many market participants are keeping a close eye on the deal as they see it as a benchmark for a sector that is still reeling from its first offshore bond default.

Host Europe, the German online hosting provider, expects to close books for its £535m loan for the acquisition of Intergenia by the middle of this week, after the consent process for the deal took longer than expected.

Italy’s Servizi Assicurativi del Commericio Estero (SACE) made a last minute appearance in last week’s primary FIG market, pricing a €500m perpetual non-call 10 year subordinated bond at 25bp lower yield than initial price thoughts were set at, despite uncertain secondary markets.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is meeting investors this week to offer an update on its recently announced financial results. A senior dollar bond may follow.

Telecommunication tower operator Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP) is looking to tap the bond market for the first time having mandated five banks for a series of investor meetings starting on February 4.

Philippine consumer food and beverage company Universal Robina Corp’s NZ$742m ($537.57m) loan has been allocated, with ten banks joining the syndication. The loan, which is for the company’s acquisition of New Zealand’s Griffin's Foods, received a good response thanks to the lack of top tier offshore deals out of the Phillipines.

Altice on January 30 achieved a successful sale for its €4.8bn-equivalent bond package backing its takeover of Portugal Telecom.