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German online directories and listings company Scout24 set out price guidance on a €400m add-on loan on Tuesday, pushing leverage up after a stellar year’s performance.

Prices of Tullow Oil’s two high yield bonds this week withstood a one notch Moody’s downgrade to B3, as analysts said it was the result of a downgrade of Ghana rather than Tullow's own difficulties.

Credit Suisse has drawn in a €4.5bn combined book for a dual tranche senior offering out of its operating company, which follows its foray this week into the dollar market, where it issued holding company senior debt.

China is considering simplifying the processes and restrictions related to its Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) and Renminbi-QFII schemes, according to Nicole Yuen, Greater China COO for Credit Suisse.

Teva Pharmaceuticals priced its largest euro-denominated bond on Tuesday with a dual tranche eight and 12 year which came roughly flat to the dollar equivalent, according to bankers.

Emirates Airlines has built an orderbook of at least $3bn for its UK Export Finance guaranteed sukuk, which is bringing new buyers into the Islamic bond market, said bankers on the deal.

Akbank paid 12.5bp NIP for a rare 10 year senior bond from a Turkish bank on Tuesday, the bank’s second appearance in the international market this year.

National Bank of Kuwait has mandated banks for its inaugural a Basel III compliant tier one security.

Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa has signed a facility agreement with HSBC for a £6bn ($8.95bn) bridge loan to back its acquisition of O2 UK from Spain's Telefónica.

India’s Tata Motors is looking to raise up to Rp75bn ($1.2bn) from a nine-for-109 rights issue, after getting the green light from its board of directors on March 25.

Upgrading the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect will ultimately make its investment proposition the one to beat for investors looking to China, according to Credit Suisse bankers at a conference on March 25.

Ras Al-Khaimah drew praise from bankers on and off the deal for a $1bn 10 year sukuk that it priced on Tuesday.