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Just Eat, the UK-based takeaway ordering website, gave equity investors a burst of excitement on Thursday, raising £445m of new capital in what was already a busy week for the European accelerated bookbuild market.

Harman International Industries, the US audio equipment manufacturer, made its euro bond debut on Wednesday, putting together a sub-benchmark deal that will be used in part to finance its acquisition of part of Bang & Olufsen.

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Euros are back on the menu for FIG investors after Swedbank and Rabobank Nederland stormed the senior market on Thursday. Bankers are now looking forward to a string of deals next week.

Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland’s state electricity company, pulled together a hefty order book for a 12 year bond on Thursday — bucking a trend of long dated deals proving tricky.

Transurban tapped the euro bond market for a long 10 year on Thursday. It drew a healthy order book, but not as large as that of Electricity Supply Board’s issue on the same day, prompting some bankers to wonder if European issuers might have a home advantage.

Dealers representing more than 60% of the foreign exchange market have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the US. Citi, JP Morgan, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS have all entered guilty pleas over their foreign exchange conduct on Wednesday.

Technicolor, the media technology company, has launched a $1.097bn loan repricing, seeking to cut margins on the facility's dollar and euro tranches.

Illinois Tool Works, the US machinery and components maker, issued its third euro bond on Tuesday, taking what bankers away from the deal judged a “conservative” approach by selling eight and 15 year tranches.

McDonald’s Corp fell victim to a lack of demand for long dated euro bonds on Monday. It was forced to pull the 20 year component of what had been planned as a four tranche deal.

BAML has pulled off what few thought possible and drawn level with JP Morgan as top broker to the UK’s blue chips, writes David Rothnie.

The Republic of Indonesia is continuing its trend of issuing a dollar sukuk once a year with a new 10 year offering on May 21.