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US biopharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday issued a four tranche bond, including 19 year notes, amid much competition in a market that absorbed 17 deals this week.

Commodities trader Noble Group has wrapped up a $1bn committed unsecured revolver with 25 banks joining the transaction, alongside a $2bn revolving borrowing base facility.

A shift in a cross currency basis swap rate is behind a spurt of issuance in Hong Kong dollars, said bankers.

Mubadala Development Company demonstrated just how much hunger exists for Abu Dhabi credit on Monday, printing its $500m 2.75% 2023s from a book of $5.1bn.

Loans for financial institutions continue to flourish in general syndication, with deals for State Bank of India and Malaysia's Maybank progressing smoothly.

Aeronautics and space company Airbus on Monday offered investors a €1.5bn two tranche bond in a market that is becoming ever more issuer-friendly.

African Export-Import Bank has mandated six banks for a benchmark dollar bond roadshow that starts on Thursday.

Thai department store operator Central Group is understood to have enlisted two lenders for a loan of about $1bn to back its acquisition of Big C Vietnam.

After a week of no new paper in CEEMEA, EM bankers are looking forward to a busier next week as four bonds are slated from the region and the market looks supportive enough to allow issuers to pull the trigger.

Mubadala Development Company has set the size of its bond at $500m and meetings for the deal are so far going well, said a banker close to the deal on Thursday.

Nederlandse Gasunie, the Dutch state-owned gas transmission company, issued a €650m 10 year bond on Wednesday that drew in investors by leaving some concessions on the table.

Hong Kong's MTR Corp is considering raising the size of its latest syndicated loan to as much as HK$25bn ($3.2bn) following a strong market response.