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UniCredit has hired Maximilian Biagosch, former head of finance at Permira, as its new head of high yield syndicate.

The International Finance Corporation has scored a double first in its efforts to further the internationalisation of Indian rupee bond markets by issuing the longest dated offshore deal in the currency and listing it in London.

Waste Italia, a waste management subsidiary of Italy's Gruppo Sostenya, priced its debut bond on Thursday afternoon in New York time, though it had to sweeten the terms for investors.

Yorkshire Building Society is set to sell its first tier two bond in years, building a substantial book for a £250m 10 year non-call five year.

Two UK companies completed cash-box placings on Wednesday, and both found plenty of demand. Essentra, which makes small components and packaging products, raised £168.8m of new capital, while Workspace Group, the provider of serviced offices in London, raised £96.5m.

Virgin Money, the UK challenger bank backed by Richard Branson and Wilbur Ross, succeeded in pricing its IPO today, though at the bottom of the price range.

British oil and gas company BG Group issued €775m eight and €800m 15 year bonds on Wednesday, in a week of strong issuance of European investment grade corporate bonds.

Alliance Automotive has issued a two tranche bond to fund the French-UK car parts distributor’s buyout in August by Blackstone and the company's founders from Weinberg Capital Partners.

Votes are rolling in to decide this year’s winners of the GlobalCapital Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance Awards. There is still time to complete the poll, but the deadline is fast approaching.

A veteran of funding and hybrid capital at Lloyds Banking Group has switched to the investment side, taking the reins of the group's portfolio of assets to ensure it is in compliance with the liquidity coverage ratio.

Mortgage Advice Bureau, the UK mortgage broker network, priced its IPO on Aim on Tuesday morning at 160p a share, valuing the company at £80.8m.

Jefferies traded on Tuesday evening a block of 12.5m shares in Just Eat, the UK-based online takeaway food ordering service that floated in London in April for £360m.