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Unrated French issuer Bolloré sold its second ever euro deal on Wednesday, drawing a strong order book that bodes well for Eurofins Scientific, another unrated corporate that could tap the market as soon as Thursday.

Thames Water (Kemble) Finance Plc, the subordinated holding company vehicle of the Thames Water group, issued a £175m bullet bond on Tuesday, joining the dense flow of deals in a high yield market relieved of the eurozone’s recent tensions.

CVC Credit Partners has hired Chris Fowler, a former levfin originator at GE Capital, to give a boost to the firm’s private debt operations.

A European issuer is about to bring the first three year Maple bond in two years, after several moving parts moved into place to make the deal possible.

Portugal overshot its maximum target at a dual tranche auction on Thursday, and was also able to reduce its borrowing costs on the shorter of the two tenors on sale.

World Bank is enjoying a strong response to the first 10 year dollar benchmark from a public sector issuer since early June.

KfW is set to print a green bond in sterling for the first time, having mandated three banks to run a five year syndication.

Verallia, the French glass bottle maker, has accelerated the bookbuilding for its €1bn leveraged loan, as investors have gobbled up the acquisition debt, asking for big tickets.

European corporate and fund services provider Vistra allocated its $700m acquisition loan on Tuesday afternoon, having marketed the deal in one of levfin’s most volatile fortnights.

Italian gaming company Snai on Tuesday issued a €110m bond to support its acquisition of a domestic competitor, Cogemat.

The FIG market is in need of a core European champion to restore confidence after the less than stellar performance of the periphery on Wednesday, say bankers.

The Russian government has joined a growing group of sovereign CPI-linked bond issuers, and analysts expect the government to return for at least one more sale this year.