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Heineken used the quieter end of the week in terms of issuance to price its second benchmark corporate bond issue of the year. The sixth benchmark issue of the year in Europe by a beer producer was the only deal in the market on Friday.

Gatwick Airport brought the second sterling investment grade corporate bond of the week on Thursday, following Pennon’s £300m hybrid on Monday.

Spanish gas distribution company NorteGas Energía Distribución was the only investment grade corporate bond issuer in the euro corporate bond market on Thursday. Its debut deal was a €1.3bn five year and 10 year dual tranche offering with order books totalling €5.4bn.

Autostrade per l’Italia, the Italian toll road operator, on Monday printed a €700m 12 year deal to finance a tender offer for up to €650m shorter dated bonds.

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee meeting last week created a midweek pause in sterling issuance. However, once the meeting passed, Land Securities reopened the market with a £1bn pair of long dated tranches last Friday.

Gatwick Airport brought the second sterling investment grade corporate bond of the week on Thursday, following Pennon’s £300m hybrid on Monday.

Spanish gas distribution company, NorteGas Energía Distribución, was the only investment grade corporate bond issuer in the euro market on Thursday. Its debut deal was a €1.3bn five year and 10 year dual tranche offering.

September has seen a variety of issuers access the corporate bond market. From regular issuers to those who have not issued for over a decade, the consistent theme has been single digit new issue premiums for what one syndicate manager described as “manageable deal sizes.” Monday saw new issues in a similar vein.

Santander has hired a banker from HSBC to work in its debt capital markets team for financial institutions.

The Cover and GlobalCapital held the annual Covered Bond Awards Dinner on Thursday night at Casa Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, celebrating the best performers in the market.

Dubai’s Department of Finance has taken out a $1.1bn syndicated loan to finance the expansion of the city's metro line, as part of its plan to host the World Expo 2020.

A tremendously supportive SSA market brushed off Thursday’s European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, printing all the way up to the morning of the press conference by bank president Mario Draghi, writes Lewis McLellan.