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This week's European corporate bond issuance continued to pick up the pace on Thursday, as four deals came to the mainstream euro and sterling markets, plus an Austrian retail-targeted issue for Novomatic, which makes gambling machines.

Goodman Hong Kong Finance opened the books for its inaugural dollar bond on Thursday following the establishment of an EMTN programme.

Vakifbank has launched its €500m bond to yield 3.65% — the tight end of guidance and inside its own dollar curve.

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Danske Bank’s first covered bond of the year offered an attractive spread relative to its Nordic peers, making it a straightforward sell for its lead managers. But even so, the final pricing level was just one third of Danske’s differential against top tier Swedish covered bonds issued a year ago.

Albioma, the French renewable energy generator, has joined the growing number of companies using Euro private placements to fund, but MTN bankers are unsure whether forthcoming standardised documentation for the Euro PP market will cut into their business.

Yorkshire Building Society issued its first euro issuance in four years and the second only UK deal in euros on Wednesday. Bankers said it offered a generous spread to fellow UK names but that it was justified.

BBVA returned to the covered bond market for the first time in more than a year on Wednesday with a 10 year Cédulas that attracted 115 investors into the book. The coupon paid was the lowest ever for a 10 year in the history of the Spanish market.

Carlyle Group has mandated Natixis and Société Générale to arrange financing for its potential acquisition of a majority stake in France's Homair Vacances.

With the growth of floating rate note issuance in Europe recently, it is perhaps surprising that RCI Banque, the finance arm of Renault, had not yet joined the trend. But the revival of FRN investors’ appetite, in terms of size, credit quality and maturity, has been fairly recent, making now the right time to bring RCI, bankers said.

Air France-KLM is preparing to issue a new bond, just as Ryanair, an airline that is in many ways from the other end of the spectrum, is also roadshowing for its first ever bond.

French insurer CNP Assurances highlighted the scale of demand for sub debt from insurance companies on Tuesday, drawing a monster order book for its first deal in almost a year.