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Delachaux, the French industrial company is closing orders today for its €765m loan, which has attracted strong interest and been oversubscribed, according to a banker. The company will make adjustments to the tranche sizes and pricing.

CNH Industrial, the US-Italian maker of agricultural and construction machinery and trucks rated Ba2/BB+, prioritised price over size for its euro bond return on Monday.

CNH Industrial, the US-Italian maker of agricultural and construction machinery and trucks, issued price guidance on Monday for a new euro seven year benchmark bond.

Abengoa, the Spanish renewable energy and engineering firm, announced a roadshow on Monday for a green bond – the first in euros for a high yield issuer.

French chemicals company Arkema has proposed a €1.74bn acquisition of adhesives maker Bostik from Total. The company has agreed a €1.5bn bridge facility and its longer term financing plans comprise a rights issue, hybrid capital and senior bonds.

Dutch credit insurer Atradius sold its first bond for 10 years on Tuesday, a long-dated subordinated note. Scor, another rare issuer, is in the market for a sub trade of its own in the near future, mandating banks to arrange investor meetings for a dual tranche deal denominated in euros and Swiss francs.

Gemalto, the French internet security company, launched its first bond issue today, raising €400m at attractive terms, as it finances its $890m acquisition of SafeNet.

Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport, the holding company of Société des Autoroutes du Nord-Est de la France, the French motorway operator, returned to the bond market after a two and a half year break on Wednesday for a €450m deal.

The US FIG market returned to normality after the deluge of the previous week’s supply subsided.

Covered bond issuers priced 10 benchmark sized deals this week, raising €11bn on the back of an aggregate €26bn of demand. Average order book sizes were boosted after the European Central Bank announced last week its intention to proceed with a third covered bond purchase programme.

The covered bond market passed another milestone this week with Caisse Française de Financement Local (Caffil) and Compagnie de Financement Foncier (CFF) attracting book sizes that were reminiscent of the high yielding peripheral transactions seen a year ago, but at spreads well through mid-swaps.

Lagardère, the unrated French media group, returned to the bond market on Wednesday with a successful €500m issue that showed how it has repositioned its credit as an investment grade issuer.