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In Scotland 'The Glorious Twelfth' made a louder pop than on the English grouse moors, but wasn't £10,000 for a day's shooting slightly extravagant?

Seven banks have won the mandate to arrange a loan of around Eu5bn backing Kohlberg Kravis Robert's buy-out of French directories business PagesJaunes.

Long end sterling swap spreads widened and the swap rate curve steepened this week. Dealers said the movements were caused in part by a couple of houses paying, in business that was said to be connected to Grupo Ferrovial's £10.3bn purchase of BAA, the UK airports operator.

Toyota Motor Credit Corp, the triple-A rated US car finance arm of the Japanese car company, returned to the Swiss franc bond market this week with its longest ever deal in the currency.

Borrowers jumped into the US high grade bond market this week to take advantage of a strong rally in US Treasuries that took yields below 5%.

Borrowers jumped into the US high grade bond market this week to take advantage of a strong rally in US Treasuries that took yields below 5%.

Borrowers jumped into the US high grade bond market this week to take advantage of a strong rally in US Treasuries that took yields below 5%.

Credit indices snapped in this week in the wake of weak US inflation data.

The feelgood factor was equally evident in the US, where resistance levels were breached on the indices. The IG Series 6 had been bumping against 40bp, but breezed through that level yesterday (Thursday) to 38.5bp/39bp going into the close, reported dealers in New York.

Aer Lingus is pressing ahead with plans for a Eu1.2bn IPO this autumn, but analysts do not expect the state-owned Irish airline to raise much money unless it prices the deal at a steep discount to rivals such as Ryanair and easyJet.

The emerging market bond indices have recovered almost all the ground they lost during the market correction in May, in a distinct charge of heart by international investors towards local and global bonds in the asset class.