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French toll road operator Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport paid a hefty premium last Friday as it sold a dual tranche bond to help refinance its March 2018 note. The Baa3 rated subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure company Abertis suffered from the uncertainty surrounding a takeover of its parent company.

The Province of British Columbia (BC) completed its second Panda bond on Wednesday, raising Rmb1bn ($150.9m) from a three year deal. The issuer went ahead with the deal despite rising yields in China – pushing the coupon to the top half of the guidance range.

China’s Ministry of Finance is set to hold its second offshore renminbi (CNH) bond auction of the year on November 30 in Hong Kong. The Rmb7bn ($1.06bn) offering will come just a month after China sold its first dollar bond in over a decade.

Liberty Living, the UK student accommodation provider, built a strong order book for its debut bond on Tuesday. It raised £500m, split equally between seven and 12 year tranches.

On Tuesday, American fast food chain operator McDonald’s sold the sixth reverse yankee deal in a month, issuing a long six year tranche and a 12 year tranche to raise €1.2bn.

GAC-Sofinco Auto Finance completed a Rmb4bn ($603.6m) asset-backed securities transaction on Monday, its first in China since 2014. The originator focused on tight pricing, thereby snubbing investors vying for a bargain, but it still gained the support of accounts familiar with its business.

Property developer Soho China has filed for a Rmb10bn ($1.5bn) medium term note programme with the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors, in preparation for its debut deal in the Panda bond market.

Corporate bond issuers are using this week to prepare investors for the last window of issuance of 2017. Monday saw more issuers add their names to the roadshow schedule in Europe as TLG Immobilien used the quiet conditions to issue its debut bond.

Volkswagen Finance (China) is gearing up for its third appearance this year in the Chinese asset-backed securities market, plotting a Rmb3.5bn ($528.1m) deal. The transaction comes amid a flurry of foreign name originations in China in recent weeks.

Toyota Motor Finance (China) has sealed a Rmb3bn ($452.7m) transaction in the Chinese asset-backed securities market — its second deal in the country this year. While the trade was wrapped up successfully, the issuer’s efforts to woo Bond Connect investors appeared to have been in vain, said sources.

French toll road operator Holding d'Infrastructures de Transport paid a hefty premium on Friday as it sold a dual tranche bond to help refinance its March 2018 note.

Was this week the last big push for corporate bond issuers to get funding done in Europe, or is there another week of issuance to come, the other side of Thanksgiving?