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Poland on Monday announced a €1bn 12 year note, its first euro-denominated offering since January 2014.

Gategroup, the Swiss airline services provider, has signed a €240m revolving credit facility that it will use to replace an older revolver and partially redeem a bond.

The AA, formerly the Automobile Association, the UK car breakdown assistance group, on Wednesday began marketing £735m of class 'B' notes.

Anglo American, the London-headquartered South African mining company, has issued a €600m five year bond.

Repsol, the Spanish oil company, has issued a €2bn hybrid bond as part of the long term financing for its $8.3bn (€6.6bn) acquisition of Talisman Energy.

Orbit, a UK housing association, has issued its first corporate bond: a £250m secured deal with a 30 year tenor, of which £50m was retained for future issuance.

Coventry Building Society became the first UK issuer to spurn the conventional three year sterling floating rate covered bond sector, and following its recent roadshow, sold a five year floating rate sterling benchmark covered bond on Tuesday.

Faurecia, the French car parts supplier, sold its €500m unsecured bond on Tuesday to yield 3.125%, joining a parade of high yield cost-saving refinancing issues in March.

Faurecia, the French car parts maker, said on Monday it wanted to issue€500m of bonds to redeem a note due 2019, in a market that has already seen refinancing issuers achieve substantial price cuts.

The tier two market rocketed back into action after a nearly two week hiatus on Wednesday, with Santander Issuances and KBC Group hitting the undersupplied sector and quickly building bumper books.

Campofrio Food Group, the Spanish processed meat producer, priced its €500m bond a day early on Tuesday at 3.375%, in an eager high yield market.

The tier two market rocketed back into action on Wednesday, with Santander Issuances and KBC Group hitting the undersupplied sector and quickly building bumper books.