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Following a US Treasury report on regulating the financial system, published last month, the chief executives and chief financial officers of the big US banks lined up to praise the reforms’ potential — though they could be the last nail in the coffin of international regulatory co-operation.

Rotterdam-headquartered drinks bottle maker Refresco is set to issue over €2bn-equivalent of loans following its $1.25bn acquisition of US drinks firm Cott’s bottling business.

Avenue Group, Bain Capital and Barings this week brought the first block sale of shares in Biffa, the UK waste disposal company, since its troubled IPO in October 2016.

European Investment Bank launched a lengthy climate awareness bond in Kangaroo format on Monday, as appetite grows for green issuance in the Australian dollar bond market.

Turkey's Odeabank revised guidance to 7.75% area for its Basel III-compliant 10 year non-call five tier two bonds on Monday, as investors got to grips with a new credit, and anticipated return of compatriot and peer, Halkbank.

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi may have signed off for the summer by dampening debate around tapering of the ECB’s bond purchasing, but investors are still at their desks with money to spend.

A US pension fund has filed a class action lawsuit against ZTO Express and the banks that underwrote its $1.4bn IPO on the New York Stock Exchange last year.

Kroger and Alimentation Couche-Tard led a flurry of issuance by dollar borrowers to exploit red hot demand for high grade paper. With the bulk of corporate America in earnings blackout, the retailers demonstrated the strength of investor sentiment.

BAML and Citi’s M&A and advisory businesses shone this quarter, thanks to sustained investments in moving up the investment banking table, and to a series of chunky deals where both firms have been prominent. Goldman and Morgan Stanley, still the top two banks in the market, saw advisory revenues flatline in the second quarter.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and Citi’s M&A and advisory businesses shone this quarter, thanks to sustained investments in moving up the investment banking table, and to a series of chunky deals where both firms have been prominent. Goldman and Morgan Stanley, still the top two banks in the market, saw advisory revenues flatline in the second quarter.

Investors jumped at the chance to buy rare longer dated investment grade African risk on Thursday enabling Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) to raise $850m with a 10 year benchmark on Thursday.

For months investors have been complaining about how far pricing moves from initial price thoughts to guidance and again in final pricing in the corporate bond market. On Wednesday, Vodafone responded with a new approach to marketing. The response, however, was not what those involved expected, writes Nigel Owen.