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Credit Suisse has replaced Marisa Drew and Mark Echlin as co-heads of EMEA investment banking and capital markets with Mathew Cestar and Jens Welter. The bank also announced a senior hire in leveraged finance.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) released new recommendations on how to manage the recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPs) on Monday. The organisation also encouraged regulators to not distract themselves with 'politically driven topics', citing the debate on whether certain clearing houses should be relocated to European Union member states after Brexit.

Interoute, a UK network and cloud services operator, is set to refinance its only high yield bond issue with a new leveraged loan that it launched this week.

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.

Eleven benchmark corporate bond deals were priced in Europe this week, but even more are in the pipeline. Syndicate managers expect conditions to remain favourable for issuance in both euros and sterling.

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UK-based global mining company Anglo American launched a €1.2bn tender offer and a €600m new issue on Wednesday after recently being returned to investment grade status following 18 months with a junk bond rating.

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever printed the fifth sterling corporate bond deal in as many days on Monday. The £500m dual tranche deal offered investors seven and 12 year tenors. Before this deal it had only 2018 and 2022 maturities outstanding in sterling.

The European leveraged loan deal pipeline for September keeps growing, now topping €7bn from more than 10 borrowers. The latest facility is for UK software firm Civica, which Partners Group has acquired from OMERS Private Equity.

UK telecoms group Virgin Media was in the market for a £200m add-on of its 2024 receivable financing notes on Monday. By Wednesday, it had sold £450m of the deal, proving that demand is not restricted to the high yield debt market for euros, where three more deals were under way.

The UK-based global mining company Anglo American recently returned to investment grade after over 18 months with a junk bond rating. On Wednesday it announced it would tender for four of its shorter dated bonds and priced a new eight year benchmark deal.

Lion Capital, the consumer specialist private equity firm, has funded the acquisition of a controlling stake in sports nutrition brand Grenade with a credit facility from EQT.