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Bureau van Dijk, the Dutch business publisher, held a well attended London bank meeting this morning for its €620m loan, during which original issue discounts were released for all three tranches of the deal’s term loan.

Colombian utility Empresas Públicas de Medellín, has sold a COP965.745bn global peso deal at a yield of 7.625%. The note was three times subscribed, according to a syndicate official away from the deal, who added that the deal was a positive indicator of growing local currency demand.

German internet service provider United Internet has mandated banks for a mid-term loan and a bridge facility totalling €1.382bn to fund its acquisition of KKR's stake in Versatel and its investment in e-commerce venture capital house Rocket Internet.

HSBC veteran Annemarie Ganatra has resurfaced at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong as the bank’s new head of MTNs.

ICBC Macau provided investors with a now rare form of bank capital on September 3 when it launched a subordinated bond. As Macau does not follow Basel guidelines, the bond is not subject to Basel III regulation.

Indonesia proved it had come of age as a sukuk issuer this week. The issuer built its largest orderbook ever for an Islamic deal and beat its yield target as a result. But more important was the tenor. The sovereign enticed a host of accounts — new and old — into what was its largest and longest dated sukuk yet.

Dutch business publisher Bureau van Dijk has started the autumn run of leveraged loan deals, launching a €620m loan to back its buyout by EQT.

Telekom Austria, the telephone and internet services provider controlled by Carlos Slim's América Móvil, has launched syndication of a €1bn five year revolving credit facility to refinance its loan due in 2017.

China Taiping benefited from increased support for the insurance sector by the China on Wednesday and priced a perpetual bond 42.5bp inside initial guidance on the back of strong demand. Bankers say the transaction marks a change of sentiment towards the credit as its previous transactions had not received much demand.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has mandated five banks to arrange a series of fixed income meetings that is scheduled to kick off from September 8.

Whether it is because investors have full faith in the eurozone periphery recovery story, are desperate for yield or a bit of both, there was little doubt this week that sovereigns in the region will be able to extend their average maturities in the coming months.

Sri Lanka’s National Savings Bank (NSB) made a stellar return to the market on September 2 as its rarity enabled bankers to tighten initial guidance by 35bp and drove pricing well inside where the bank’s debut bond came in 2013.