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Bridgepoint launched a dividend recapitalisation term loan of its restaurant firm the Azzurri Group with a lender call on Thursday afternoon, the private equity firm's second since October.

Dutch construction company Royal BAM Group has refinanced a €417.5m revolving credit facility due to mature in 2018, with a smaller loan of €400m with tighter pricing, after printing a €125m convertible bond in June.

Heineken was the first of five corporate issuers on Tuesday to wrap up its offering, in a rush of supply that took advantage of a more stable backdrop in rates markets.

Commodity trader Gunvor increased its European revolving credit facility by around 50% to meet oversubscribed commitments, having also grown its $725m working capital loan after strong demand.

Greencore Group, the Irish convenience food supplier, has announced plans for a £439m rights issue to partly finance its takeover of Peacock Foods, a US competitor, alongside its preliminary full year results on Monday.

The European subsidiary of US commodity trader Louis Dreyfus is refinancing a $800m dual tranche credit facility after increasing its Asian credit facility earlier in the year.

Two corporates hit the new issue market on Thursday, one clinching a 0% yield and the other paying only a single digit new issue premium, despite volatility in rates markets.

Syndication for the refinancing of $1.235bn of loans for commodity trader Gunvor has closed, with lenders making “significantly oversubscribed” commitments, while competitor Trafigura faces a €2bn maturity this month.

US glass container manufacturer OI on Thursday added its deal, a loan-to-bond refinancing, to a high yield market scoreboard already loaded with another seven offerings.

Euro Garages has widened the discount on its £250m term loan ‘C’ to 97.5, with prospects for sterling issuance less clear following a pulled deal last week.

Commodity trader Gunvor is in the market to refinance its $1.36bn European revolving credit facility $210m of which is due to mature in November 23, according to three bankers.

US agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO more than doubled its first ever Schuldschein, from the launch size of €150m to €375m.