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Synlab, the German laboratory services provider, is being acquired by private equity firm Cinven. The deal will be partly funded with €1.08bn of high yield debt which was priced on Thursday.

Gazprom is asking for consent to modify the terms and conditions of its £500m 5.338% loan participation notes due 2020.

Barbados-headquartered insurance company and financial services group Sagicor Financial Corporation will meet fixed income investors next week ahead of a potential senior unsecured bond issue that it plans to use to buy back existing debt.

Armenian financial Ardshinbank priced a $100m five year amortising deal on Wednesday, and became one of only a handful of CEEMEA borrowers in recent years to offer a 12% yield.

Three Chinese issuers came out on July 23 with new bonds. China Oilfield Services (COSL) and China Minmetals launched bookbuilding for dollar offerings, while Capital Juda started taking bids for a offshore renminbi (CNH) bond.

Banca Popolare di Vicenza, the 150 year old Italian bank, has picked three banks to lead its initial public offering in Milan.

Italian gaming company Snai on Tuesday issued a €110m bond to support its acquisition of a domestic competitor, Cogemat.

Armenia's Ardshinbank has released price guidance at a yield of 12% for a dollar five year amortising bond.

Slovenia priced a €1.25bn 10 year transaction on Tuesday with only a single digit new issue premium, according to bookrunners. The thirst for duration should help encourage other European sovereigns.

Telenet, Belgium’s largest cable operator and a subsidiary of Liberty Global, issued a €530m high yield bond on Tuesday, to refinance its 6.375% 2020 bond.

Slovenia launched a 10 year euro benchmark on Tuesday, but decided against adding a 30 year tranche.

The chief executive and other top officers of Merlin Properties, the acquisitive Spanish real estate company, have been on the road this week, for the company’s second rights issue in three months, as it seeks €1.034bn to buy Testa, another property firm.