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Heinz rounded out an impressive debt financing exercise on Wednesday for its merger with Kraft, adding modestly sized euro and sterling bonds to the $10bn seven tranche dollar issue it had done on Tuesday.

The corporate bond market got back on its feet with vigour on Wednesday, as Capgemini in particular impressed, with a hefty size and even heftier order book for a triple tranche deal — though it had to pay a large new issue premium.

Ahold and Delhaize, the Dutch and Belgian food retailers, will not assume new debt for their all-equity merger. But with combined syndicated credit facilities of €1.4bn, there is room for refinancing ahead.

Chinese search engine Baidu raised a jumbo $1.25bn as it jumped into the short window between positive news of Greek debt negotiations and the launch of Bank of China’s mega deal this week. Baidu’s dual tranche offering crossed time zones to draw in investors from Asia, Europe and the US.

Korea Resources Corp (KoRes) has successfully secured an additional funding of $120m with a tap to its existing notes, while China SCE Property opened books for its first outing to the dollar bond market in two and a half years.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) completed its return to dollars in style this week, selling a SEC registered dual tranche deal that drew over $2bn of demand. Amid a high level of volatility due to concerns over Greece, bankers chose a good window for the Korean policy bank, which was able to meet its size and pricing goals.

Bond issuers in Asia are rushing out to meet investors with Beijing Energy Investment Holding (BEIH), China Overseas Land International and Shanghai Construction Group on the road.

CVC Partners on Tuesday offered a €1bn two tranche bond, which will fund its acquisition of German cosmetics retailer Douglas Holding from Advent International.

A trio of investment grade names launched new deals on Tuesday as Asian bond bankers were bolstered by hopes that Greece's latest budget proposals would stave off a debt default and lead to a deal with creditors later this week. But they believe the market is still volatile and as a result only strong high grade names will be able to get deals done.

Japan’s Nippon Paper Industries raised HK$930.7m ($120m) by selling its entire shareholding in Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing on the evening of June 22, in a deal that was multiple times covered and led to many investors receiving just token allocations.

The Republic of Kazakhstan has hired Citi and JP Morgan, which both led its last bond, to arrange a dollar Reg S/144A bond. Investor meetings for the note start on Wednesday.

Lifestyle International Holdings broke the lull in the dollar bond market on June 19, raising $300m from an order book that was three times covered. Bankers on the deal say they wanted to avoid the cramped pipeline expected in the week of June 22 and hailed this deal as giving confidence to other dollar issuers which had been staying away due to high volatility.