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Repsol, the Spanish oil producer, issued a €600m five year 2.125% bond on Wednesday, in a torrid week for commodity markets, to finance a buyback of some Talisman Energy bonds.

Repsol, the Spanish oil producer, issued a €600m five year 2.125% bond today, in a torrid week for commodity markets, to finance a buyback of some Talisman Energy bonds.

Corporate bond bankers are busy, for this time of year. While they are usually up for doing deals, it is clear investors, too, are in no hurry to close their books for the year, but are keen to buy paper, despite the let-down of the European Central Bank’s lukewarm QE boost last week.

Spreads on Chile’s sovereigns bonds tightened by 1bp across the curve on Tuesday as Latin America’s best rated country began a fixed income investor roadshow.

Santander UK has beaten a path that could be well trodden by European banks in the next two years, printing a holdco senior unsecured deal in the Tokyo Pro-Bond market as it looks to broaden its investor base for issuing loss absorbing debt.

Mexican real estate investment trust Fibra Uno was forced to issue less than it was hoping for this week, in a deal that exemplified the new reality to which Latin American issuers — even the well-liked, solid credits — must become accustomed.

Europe's high yield market has made a remarkable comeback in the past fortnight, crowned this week when Ball Corp, the US can maker, priced a €2bn-equivalent bond, highlighting the bullishness of euro markets inflated by QE, writes Victor Jimenez.

FIG bankers looking to bring the final batch of 2015 bank bonds to market have been put on alert after the European Central Bank disappointed market participants with a new round of stimulus measures.

Santander

Santander returned to the euro market for its first senior trade in nearly two years this week, taking advantage of strong market sentiment despite the uncertain status of its senior debt.

A group of retail equity and bond investors in Abengoa are preparing to file a civil lawsuit in Spain — but hope a class action in the US will speed up proceedings.

Islandsbanki was set to price its long mandated senior deal on Wednesday, as investors revealed their willingness to put cash to work in bank deals at the beginning of the Christmas period.