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The UK’s Pantheon International (PIP) has signed a £175m-equivalent four year revolving credit facility, as the investment trust continues a cash generative phase in which it is seeking to fund new investments from internal cash resources.

GlobalCapital announced the winners of its Bond Awards 2018 on Wednesday night at our 11th annual Bond Awards dinner, at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London. Some 280 people were there to see the brightest and best performers in the international bond markets in the past year crowned.

UK property development company British Land has amended and extended its £735m unsecured revolving credit facility, reducing the size of its bank debt while pushing the maturity towards a quiet year on the company’s debt repayment schedule.

The volume of euro and sterling high yield bonds on sale in Europe jumped to €1bn on Tuesday, after NBG Pangaea and Premier Foods hit the market with new offerings. Meanwhile, retail high yield funds enjoyed a second week of inflows.

Bazalgette Tunnel, the company building the Thames Tideway ‘super-sewer’ in London, has all but completed its innovative £2.5bn financing programme, having placed two £50m green bonds last week.

The project company widening London's orbital motorway is set to refinance a roughly £1bn syndicated loan with public bonds in the coming weeks.

Lloyds Bank has replaced Ian Baggott, its head of loan markets.

Daimler, the German car manufacturer, has raised more than €7bn equivalent from three different corporate bond markets within two weeks of announcing its quarterly results on April 27. The sterling market was its focus on Wednesday and it received as strong a response as it did in the other two sectors.

Daimler, the German car manufacturer, has raised more than €7bn equivalent from three different corporate bond markets within two weeks of announcing its quarterly results on April 27. The sterling market was its focus on Wednesday.

Lloyds Banking group had the dollar bond market to itself on Tuesday as it exploited the continuing strong appetite for short-end paper from investors.

Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce returned to the European corporate bond markets on Wednesday after a break of nearly five years. The British company sold a €1.1bn dual tranche deal which extended its maturity profile in euros.

The UK’s Lloyds Banking Group is readying a subordinated tier two bond, to be issued in Singapore dollars.