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Shares in ContourGlobal, the emerging markets-focused power producer, managed to stay above their IPO price all day on Thursday after they began trading on the London Stock Exchange.

Leveraged loan issuance is set to outpace sales of new high yield bonds with a surge this year, pushed by a varied array of borrowers seeking not just tighter margins on old debt, such as US chemical group Angus this week, but also funding for acquisitions, as with Nordic travel operator Etraveli.

In recent months Swiss food group Nestlé has extended its euro corporate bond curve with some of its largest ever deals after it started a Sfr20bn share buy-back in July. But the issuer has not forgotten its eurodollar investors and on Thursday printed its third deal of 2017 in the format.

Italian corporate issuers have dominated bond issuance in recent weeks but Wednesday brought a pair from Iberia, as two energy suppliers took advantage of the market's hot conditions.

Dollar corporate bond supply kicked off November on a quiet note after the the Federal Reserve’s two day meeting kept borrowers on the sidelines following a frantic start to the week when spreads continued to tighten and cash poured into the high-grade market.

Corporate borrowers dashed to print as investment grade spreads maintained their record levels ahead of a sell-off in US Treasuries, as speculation grew that US president Donald Trump would appoint a policy hawk to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chief.

Three European agencies and a Washington supranational tapped 10 year Australian dollar bonds this week, as the demand for long end Kangaroo paper remains healthy.

RBC Capital Markets has hired a former Nomura banker to run its M&A business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Greencoat UK Wind, the wind farm operator managed by Greencoat Capital, has raised £340m ($447.59m) to invest in new assets, after a fully marketed share sale on the London Stock Exchange.

Catalyst Housing, a UK social housing association based in Ealing, west London, made an impressive debut in the bond market this week, garnering £350m of demand for a £150m deal and pricing inside Notting Hill Housing Trust, its closest comparable.

KfW tapped its July 2020 Australian dollar green bond for A$200m ($156.9m) on Wednesday, pricing well inside its existing Kangaroo curve — an illustration of the developing maturity of green markets down under.

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank is set to come to market for a potential triple tranche kangaroo bond on Friday, following a deal from Emirates NBD that, according to a banker at one of ADCB’s leads, showed the market was still accessible to Middle Eastern borrowers.