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Refresco Gerber, the Dutch juice and soft drinks bottler, today narrowed the price range of its Amsterdam listing, a day ahead of the close of book.

Air France KLM successfully issued its first hybrid bond on Wednesday, a €400m perpetual non-call 5.5 year.

The AA, formerly the Automobile Association, the UK car breakdown assistance group, on Wednesday began marketing £735m of class 'B' notes.

One institutional investor was seen picking up a large strangle on the Chicago Board Options Exchange volatility index as the VIX fell to its lowest level since December 2014 on Tuesday.

German IT company SAP has completed the long term financing for its acquisition of Concur, the US expenses software firm, with a €1.75bn floating and fixed rate bond.

A German agency looks set to be the only SSA issuer to test demand in dollars this week, after mandating banks on Wednesday for a five year deal.

Anglo American, the London-headquartered South African mining company, has issued a €600m five year bond.

The recent run of successful overnight block trades hit a bump on Tuesday night when a sale of 6.4% of Moneysupermarket.com, the UK price comparison website, failed.

KfW has opened books on its first ever green Kangaroo bond, which is only the second syndicated deal in the format from an SSA issuer.

GCP Infrastructure Investments, a listed fund focused on investments in UK infrastructure debt, has agreed a £50m three year loan with Royal Bank of Scotland.

Apax-owned Top Right, the UK information and events group, has launched a £435m-equivalent refinancing loan that will be denominated in dollars and euros.

The overall interest rate notionals and trades counts that were reported to swap data repositories last week increased by 22% and 35%, respectively, from the same time last year, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.