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The inflation linked market for eurozone governments showed itself to be resilient in the face of volatility in conventional bonds this week — boding well for one potential new entrant.

Minimax Viking, the German fire protection systems provider, has repriced dollar and euro tranches of €701m-equivalent of leveraged loans within guidance, but at different ends.

All hands were needed on deck at equity capital markets syndicate desks across Europe this week, as close to 20 firms looking to list found themselves in the market at the same time.

United Biscuits has returned to the leveraged loan market, seeking a repricing of around £960m-equivalent of debt, raised in December to back its buyout by Yildiz Holding, the Turkish foods group.

Compagnie de Financement Fonciere (CFF) has issued the first euro denominated three year conventional covered bond this year.

Schenck Process became the latest casualty of the levfin buy side this week, as investors stood firm on the borrower's aggressive €605m leveraged loan deal.

Some bankers were hailing a more mature additional tier one (AT1) market this week as BNP Paribas and Bank of Ireland printed a pair of euro debuts amid volatile conditions in the FIG market.

Labco, the French medical diagnostics company, plans to refinance all of its bonds with a new €800m issue. It agreed in May to be bought by private equity firm Cinven after pulling an IPO at the last minute.

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Mauser, the German industrial packaging group, is working to a short deadline as it amends its loan documents to make them more flexible for an IPO and a dividend payment.

Two equity accelerated bookbuilds were conducted in Europe on Tuesday evening. One was a private equity selldown of Thule – but more unusually, Capgemini raised €500m for an acquisition, at a 2.9% discount.

CBR Fashion Holding, a holding company for two German womenswear brands, will seek to raise €200m by selling new shares in an initial public offering.