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France’s largest property firm, Unibail-Rodamco, issued a €1bn dual tranche bond on Wednesday that included only the third 20 year corporate bond in euros this year.

UBI Banca has begun marketing a tier two transaction, which will be the first capital sale from an Italian bank since January.

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the French luxury goods group, returned to the convertible bond market on Monday night to tap its $600m equity-neutral bond, issued in February, for another $150m.

Carrefour, the French hypermarket chain, issued a €750m bond on Tuesday, in a market enthusiastic for corporate debt.

Natixis and Korea's KB Insurance (KBI) have signed a pact to co-invest in infrastructure and aviation debt that will be originated by the French lender.

The head of Natixis’ Asia Pacific debt platform Devan Selvanathan is leaving after more than four years at the bank, according to sources close to the move.

The primary covered bond market was active this week with as many as seven issuers raising more than €6bn, including the longest deal in over a year and a debut borrower in euros.

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BPCE made its first visit to the euro bank capital market this year on Wednesday, launching a 10 year bullet tier two trade just two weeks after a virtually identical trade in dollars.

French lender Natixis announced on Wednesday that it has created a global structured credit and solutions (GSCS) business in Asia Pacific.

Covered bond borrowers in the UK, Sweden, France, New Zealand and the Netherlands met with strong receptions for their transactions this week, which collectively raised nearly €6bn.