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Axione Infrastructures this week issued a €189.1m project bond. It was the first infrastructure project bond in France, and the first project bond in Europe for the development of digital infrastructure.

John Wade, who left the Royal Bank of Scotland in February this year just ahead of announcements on the bank’s restructuring, has resurfaced at Natixis as head of syndicate and MTN for Asia Pacific.

Générale de Santé, the French private healthcare provider, allocated its €1.1bn acquisition loan on Tuesday after cutting the margin on the term loan ‘B1A’ to 350bp over Euribor.

Axione Infrastructures this week issued a €189.1m project bond, the first infrastructure project bond in France, and the first project bond in Europe for the development of digital infrastructure.

Gecina, a French real estate investment trust, priced a €500m seven year senior unsecured bond at 92bp over mid-swaps on Wednesday.

Gecina, a French real estate investment trust, priced a €500m seven year senior unsecured bond at 92bps over mid-swaps on Wednesday.

German insurer Talanx appeared out of the blue on Wednesday in the senior market, taking advantage of improved sentiment and settling spreads with a £500m no-grow 12 year bond that was priced with an attractive new issue premium and continued to trade well in secondary markets.

Borrowers' continued confidence in the leveraged loans market is affecting deal structure, with private healthcare operators Générale de Santé and Quirón structuring their respective €1.1bn and €2.15bn deals to target term loan ‘B’s to banks, who usually prefer the amortising payments of term loan ‘A’s.

German insurer Talanx appeared out of the blue on Wednesday in the senior market, to take advantage of improved sentiment and settling spreads with a £500m no-grow 12 year bond.

Ghana's national cocoa board Cocobod is garnering interest from banks new to its lending group as the Friday response deadline approaches for its $1.6bn annual pre-export finance facility.

Générale de Santé, the French private healthcare group, has announced price guidance and covenant terms on the €1.75bn of loans backing its takeover by Ramsay Santé.

Europe’s corporate bond market was knocked sideways on Thursday by a gust of fear about peripheral Europe, after problems deepened at Portugal's Banco Espírito Santo. The market has not shut down, but ACS, the Spanish construction company, pulled a deal and no issuer managed to price tighter than its initial thoughts.