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An investor reappraisal of additional tier one paper left the asset class trading at unprecedented lows on Monday, forcing Deutsche Bank to reassure the market of its ability to pay its coupons.

Keurig Green Mountain, the US speciality coffee and coffee machine firm, increased the euro term loan ‘B’ tranche of the $6.4bn debt package backing its acquisition by JAB Holding, the German investment group.

One of the sovereign, supranational and agency bond market's best known bankers is set to retire, after almost 30 years in the finance industry.

Cigar and pipe tobacco maker Scandinavian Tobacco has narrowed the price range for its IPO, and is oversubscribed throughout the range. According to a banker on the deal, investors are flocking to a stock they can trust, as European indices fall sharply.

Few bankers were happy with their bonuses at the start of 2016, despite a surge in the value of their payments.

Italian ferry operator Onorato Armatori on Friday sold €300m of secured notes as investors backed its plans for a new financial structure.

Santander UK has taken advantage of deep demand for short dated floating rate debt to print a €750m deal in the private market.

The extraordinary sight of a German public sector borrower pulling a syndication mid-week led not only led to criticism of the deal’s execution but also reawakened fears over banks' diminishing ability to take down and warehouse sovereign and sub-sovereign bonds. Craig McGlashan reports.

Italy set bankers’ hearts aflutter this week with an early contender for deal of the year, breaking several records with a €9bn 30 year benchmark. But more importantly, the trade blasted open a hole at the long end that other sovereigns could pile through.

Home Depot brought some much needed relief to the dollar market this week with a $3bn print that demonstrated that investors are prepared to deploy cash for high quality names.

Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) priced a £500m three year bond on the same day that KommuneKredit mandated for a tap in the currency.

Investors have been looking for ways to explain the poor performance of global banks this year. While negative interest rates in Europe and Japan have gained the attention of some, others are focused on bank exposure to the energy sector to explain low equity valuations.