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Dutch lender ING has appointed John Sprengelmeijer as its new Hong Kong branch manager from December.

Solvay, the Belgian chemical company, enjoyed the benefit of the European corporate bond market's blistering return to form this week, when it raised €3.25bn of hybrid and senior debt for its acquisition of Cytec Industries.

Xior Student Housing, the Belgian real estate company focused on student accommodation, has opened the book for an initial public offering in Brussels.

The European corporate bond market let its traditional reverence for Thanksgiving lapse, printing two deals during the US public holiday on Thursday.

BPCE is on the road for its own green bond this week and, after HSBC added to the recent green glut with a tightly priced €500m five year deal, banks are far from quenching their thirst for the asset class.

Azelis, the Antwerp-headquartered speciality chemicals distributor, had commitments due at 5pm Thursday for its seven year euro term loan, having flexed the pricing on all first lien debt.

Iliad, the unrated French telecoms company, issued a benchmark euro bond on Thursday, returning to the market after a four year absence.

Azelis, the Antwerp-headquartered speciality chemicals distributor, has commitments due at 5pm today (Thursday) for its seven year euro term loan, having flexed the pricing on all first lien debt.

Solvay, the Belgian chemical company, pulled off a triumphant bond financing for its acquisition of Cytec Industries today, issuing five tranches of senior and hybrid bonds that drew €16.85bn of orders in total.

Marel, the Icelandic food processing company, has signed €670m of loans that it will use partly to finance the acquisition of Netherlands-based Meats Processing Systems.

A tiring but positive week for syndicate bankers ended in a flurry of deals on Friday, as four issuers bathed in the ebullient tone of the corporate bond market.

Mercuria Energy has wound up its latest multi-tranche loan at an increased size of $1.1bn. The shorter one year portion proved popular among lenders, but a three year tranche ended up being scaled back.