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Risk arbitrage traders, among others, are betting on continued upside in General Electric by buying medium and long dated call spreads on the back of a speculative corporate split off, according to strategists.

The SSA issuers which came ahead of the ECB meeting on Thursday were wise to fund early. The Eurosystem will be a big buyer, but will dislocate the market.

North Rhine-Westphalia will hit the 10 year part of the euro curve with its debut sustainability bond, which is expected to be priced this week.

Private equity, once the acquisition champion, is being trounced by boring old corporate buyers and IPOs. But 2015 will still be a year to savour for levfin.

France’s Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale has hired banks to run a three year syndication in dollars, sounding investors 10bp over where European Investment Bank printed a deal on Tuesday.

Finland showed what is possible at a deeply negative swap spread and sub 1% yield in the long dated part of the euro curve on Tuesday.

Madrid has raised 15 year cash with its second bond in as many weeks — and the borrower’s sovereign could break its yield record at a similar tenor on Thursday.

Syngenta, the company created in 2000 through the merger of the spun-off agribusinesses of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis and the UK's AstraZeneca, has priced a €500m 12.5 year bond.

Ineos, the Swiss-registered chemicals company, has set price guidance on its €750m refinancing loan in dollars and euros, slightly ahead of Tuesday’s 2pm lender call.

World Bank has unveiled a five year Kangaroo hot on the heels of a Nordic Investment Bank tap of a 2020 bond in the format.

Irish budget airline Ryanair has flaunted its investment grade credentials, pricing its second bond, a €850m eight year, with a minimal new issue premium.

Edenred, the French prepayment services company, issued a €500m 10 year bond on Tuesday to fund its €150m acquisition of 34% of Germany’s Union Tank Eckstein, and to refinance debt.