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British Sky Broadcasting, the UK pay TV company, priced €850m and £750m of listed bonds on Monday over three maturities to fund its acquisition of Sky Deutschland. The deal was no blowout — one tranche was priced at the level of initial price thoughts, the others only 5bp tighter — but with an additional €400m from a private placement on the same day, Sky says it has now completed the financing for its acquisitions.

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have launched this evening a block trade in Altice, the French telecoms investment group that has grabbed headlines this year for its takeover of French mobile phone company SFR – and which is now in a takeover battle for Portugal Telecom.

Russia's Uralsib Bank is roadshowing a tier two bond via JP Morgan and UBS, according to a source close to the deal. Meetings for the deal take place on Wednesday and Thursday this week in London and Switzerland.

KazStroyService Global postponed its Eurobond offering on Monday, becoming the latest high yield corporate in CEEMEA to fall foul of waning investor appetite and softer markets.

China’s eHi Car Services, which failed to price its $140m IPO last week following allegations of wrongdoing by individuals, is now guiding investors towards the bottom half of the price range of the deal.

Bankers working on Axis Bank’s new dollar bond are expecting a strong response from investors as the issuer makes its first appearance in two years. A lack of Indian bank supply combined with positive sentiment towards the country is likely to work in its favour.

Aryzta, the Irish-Swiss frozen bread and baked goods supplier, issued its first hybrid bond in euros on Friday October 14. The company is unrated and has no other bonds in euros, giving investors plenty to think about.

Philippines’ Security Bank Corporation is due to hold investor meetings next week for its debut dollar bond, the lender’s first move to tap into broader capital market in dollars.

Bank of East Asia raised $500m in its first Basel III deal, managing to attract a huge order book which allowed bankers to tighten guidance by 30bp.

China’s eHi Car Services, which was scheduled to close books for its $140m New York IPO on Thursday evening, is now looking to price the trade next week following allegations made by individuals that the issuer provided false information in its prospectus.

The November deluge of dollar supply continued as companies from across the high-grade spectrum printed a total of $25bn in three days of issuance this week, led by nervous energy and resources companies.

Russian private bank Otkritie Financial Corp Bank (formerly Nomos Bank) this week became the first Russian bank to achieve a loan with international lenders since the EU and US imposed a deeper round of sanctions – specifically targeting loans to Russia – on September 12.