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Kloeckner Pentaplast, the German plastic packaging company, on Wednesday began marketing €300m of unsecured notes with Kloeckner Pentaplast of America as issuer.

Wednesday's news that Ashley Madison, the Canadian adultery website, was exploring the possibility of a London IPO prompted mixed reactions from equity capital markets bankers in the City.

Jerrold Holding, the UK mortgage company, on Wednesday announced a £50m tap of its £200m high yield bond sold in 2013, to repay part of its bank debt.

S Immo, the unrated Austrian property company, obtained strong demand for a 12 year bond issue today, and raised its maximum target amount of €65m.

German media company Bertelsmann finished its roadshow on Wednesday for its debut hybrid capital bond issue, and could price the deal as early as Thursday, according to a banker at one of the leads.

UK engineering company Smiths Group has hired four banks to arrange a roadshow from April 20 for its second euro bond.

The European Financial Stability Facility will set a pricing marker next week with its first benchmark since the European Central Bank began its public sector purchase programme.

The Nordic Investment Bank is set to become the third SSA issuer this week to sell an SRI bond, after posting initial price thoughts on Wednesday for an April 2020 in Swedish kronor.

Kommunalbanken is aiming to sell its longest ever benchmark in dollars, having hired banks to run a 10 year syndication.

Portugal sold bills at a yield of less than a basis point on Wednesday, while Greek 13 week yields held steady for the third auction in a row.

Kloeckner Pentaplast, the German plastic film maker, has accelerated syndication on its €831m-equivalent loan in euros and dollars, designed to refinance debt and pay its shareholders a dividend.

Busy Bee, the UK nursery and early education provider for under-fives, has held a bank meeting this morning to market its £210m term loan ‘B’.