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Douglas Holding, the German perfumery chain, enlivened the leveraged loan market this week, launching a €1bn deal that will contribute to its buyout by CVC.

Archer Daniels Midland, the US food processing and commodities trading company, ended a fallow patch in the corporate bond market on Wednesday, making its debut in the euro market with a dual tranche deal.

Douglas Holding, the German perfumery chain, received a favourable initial response from investors at its Wednesday bank meeting as it launched the €1bn loan portion of its buyout debt.

Nasdaq-listed Ctrip.com International has opened books on a $1bn dual tranche convertible bond, split into a five put three and a 10 put five, sole bookrun by JP Morgan.

Canadian insurance company and financial services provider Manulife Financial Corp started drumming up interest for its $400m real estate investment trust (Reit) IPO in Singapore on June 15, paving the way for a number of firsts for the city-state — the first sizeable listing this year, the first Reit IPO in 2015, as well as the first Reit with US assets.

Mexican hotel operator Grupo Posadas has picked banks for a roadshow in Europe and the US.

Archer Daniels Midland, the US food processing and commodities trading company, ended a fallow patch in the corporate bond market on Wednesday, making its debut in the euro market with a dual tranche deal.

IndiGo, the Indian budget airline, has fine-tuned its corporate structure to create more headroom for foreign investors as it inches closer to a $400m-$500m IPO in the second half of the year or 2016.

Singapore is finally getting its first covered bond, with the Lion City’s largest bank DBS set to go on the road to gauge investor interest.

Sophos Group, the IT security software developer, began bookbuilding on Tuesday for its London IPO, with a price range that could value it at over £1bn.

A pair of borrowers printed oversubscribed dollar deals in conservative maturities on Tuesday, finding conditions easier than at the long end of the euro curve.

TI Automotive, the UK car parts maker being bought by Bain Capital, is rushing from Monday’s London bank meeting to New York to build support for a €1.07bn-equivalent acquisition loan. Bonds will follow later.