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Tuesday night’s two substantial block trades, in Dutch insurer NN Group and SSP, the UK catering company, both went well despite softness in equity markets before and during the trades.

Air Liquide, the French producer of industrial gases, returned to the bond market on Wednesday after a one year absence, and won a strong order book, enabling it to pay a minimal new issue premium.

BSN Medical, the German bandage maker, has won a strong response to its new term loan 'C', and has decided to cut pricing on both that and a pre-existing term loan 'B'.

Goldman Sachs may pay the biggest bonuses, but JP Morgan pays its bankers the most generous remuneration packages overall, according to new research.

The Republic of Ukraine priced a $1bn five year US AID backed deal on Tuesday — it’s second such transaction — and Ukrainian analysts expect another $1bn deal before the end the year.

ING Group launched a €1.18bn sale of shares in NN Group, its former insurance and investment arm, on Tuesday evening, in the larger of two block trades of the day.

Darling Ingredients, the Texas-based food ingredients maker, is marketing a €515m senior unsecured bond to repay borrowings under its euro term loan ‘B’.

Eli Lilly, the US pharmaceuticals company, made its euro bond debut on Tuesday, printing seven, 11 and 15 year notes and proving that the market is still open for longer dated paper — at a price.

Indonesian tower company Solusi Tunas Pratama’s latest borrowing has been allocated among 20 lenders. The deal, which is to refinance what is left of a bridge it sealed with five banks in December last year, saw scalebacks of nearly 50% on bank commitments.

Egypt has set roadshow dates for its 144A/Reg S bond.

Dubai Islamic Bank finishes investor meetings on Tuesday for what is likely to be a five year senior unsecured sukuk.

HTSC pulled in a staggering $60bn in gross demand for its HK$34.72bn ($4.48bn) IPO in Hong Kong, giving the Chinese brokerage and securities house claim over the world’s second largest listing so far this year.