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State owned German rail operator Deutsche Bahn had a clear run at the euro investment grade corporate bond market on Thursday when it decided to sell its second bond of the year in the currency. The 15.5 year tenor it opted for extended its existing debt curve.

Italian high speed train operator Italo pulled its IPO on Wednesday night, the day before the syndicate was due to release a price range, of €1.5bn to €1.6bn, in order to take a €1.98bn offer from New-York based private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners.

Credit Bank of Moscow printed a $500m five year bond from a book in excess of $1.1bn on Wednesday, quelling fears of EM new issues shutting down in face of US Treasury yield rises. Domodedovo Airport looks next to print in dollars from the country while the State Transport Leasing Company has also mandated for a bond.

State owned German rail operator Deutsche Bahn had a clear run at the euro investment grade corporate bond market on Thursday when it decided to sell its second bond of the year in the currency. The 15.5 year tenor the issuer opted for extended its existing debt curve.

GlobalCapital revealed the winners of its 2017 Loan Awards at its annual Loans and Leveraged Finance Awards Dinner at Gibson Hall in London on February 7. The full results are below: GlobalCapital congratulates all the winners and nominees.

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) is planning to bring its second ever social inclusion bond in the spring, and has outlined to GlobalCapital the expected currency and tenor. The State of North Rhine-Westphalia also looks set to bring an SRI bond, after mandating banks on Wednesday for a roadshow.

The €478m IPO of Instone Real Estate, the German home builder, is covered at its full size, less than four working days into the bookbuild.

Rival bankers are keenly watching Credit Bank of Moscow’s trade as a barometer for the market this week. A sell-off in US Treasuries seemed to imply a higher borrowing cost for the issuer, though with price revisions to come, it is too early to say by how much.

Global stock markets have been hit with volatility in recent trading sessions, but European primary leveraged finance markets had already slowed down as investor pressure grew around Algeco’s €1.4bn deal and UK retailer New Look’s performance.

Digi Communications’ Hungarian subsidiary has refinanced part of a €200m bridge loan provided by Citigroup and ING in October last year, which was used to fund the acquisition of a subsidiary of fellow Hungarian communications company Invitel.

Koenig & Bauer, the German printing press maker, has made its debut in the syndicated loan market, agreeing facilities totalling up to €400m from eight banks.

German housebuilder Instone Real Estate could be worth as much as €943m when it lists on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange this month if its IPO is priced at the top of the range.