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Spearhead International, a central and eastern Europe based agriculture company, has signed its first syndicated loan for €167m.

Credit Bank of Moscow has named leads for a rare Russian Basel III-compliant tier two bond, its first capital issue.

Oil products storage and distribution firm Puma Energy is back in the loan market for a two-pronged $570m financing, to extend as well as replace some of its existing debt.

Netherlands-based telecoms firm Altice, one of the European leveraged finance market’s leading issuers, held a lender call at 3pm London time on Thursday for €1.6bn of loan refinancings in euros, and more in dollars.

Poland was quick to grab on to the relief rally that followed Wednesday's US Federal Reserve meeting, jumping into the market with a long 10 year and a tap of its existing €1.5bn 2036s on Thursday morning.

ABH Financial, the holding company of Russia’s Alfa-Bank, will meet investors in Europe next week for a rare Russian financial euro-denominated bond.

Shares in Avantium, the Dutch renewable chemicals company, closed 3.6% higher on Wednesday after it made its debut on the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges following the completion of its €103m IPO.

BMC Software, the US IT management firm, joined a packed European leveraged finance market on Monday with a €650m term loan refinancing, one of several deals launched since late last week.

Crédit Agricole Cariparma is expected to issue the first Italian covered bond of the year after it mandated leads for an eight and 12 year which is likely to be launched on Tuesday. The offering takes advantage of technically squeezed market conditions exacerbated by the lack of peripheral European supply.

Plastic films and base oils maker, Shandong Qingyuan Group, has invited participation from retail banks for a $500m three year borrowing.

A1/A+/A- rated KEB Hana Bank is eyeing to return to the international debt market with a 144A/Reg S transaction, having hired seven firms to arrange a global roadshow.

Export-Import Bank of China managed to achieve the lowest spread for a euro bond from a Chinese name this year with its three year in the currency, part of a $3bn-equivalent Reg S deal.