UniCredit

Steel and mining company ArcelorMittal on Monday priced two senior unsecured high yield bonds inside price guidance: a three year floater and a six year fixed rate bond.

Prysmian, the unrated Italian cable maker, has issued a seven year bond, increasing the size from €600m to €750m thanks to robust demand.

Dufry, the Swiss travel retail operator, will look to raise at least Sfr2.2bn (€2.1bn) from a rights issue funding its takeover of World Duty Free, over half of which is secured by three cornerstone investors.

Stada, the unrated German generic and branded drugs maker, has hired banks for a seven year euro bond.

German car parts maker Schaeffler printed on March 27 €1.5bn of dual currency, senior secured high yield notes, capturing large savings.

Trafigura Beheer, the Dutch commodities trading group, has refinanced its flagship revolving credit facilities and increased the loan from $4.7bn to $5.3bn.

Dufry, the Swiss travel retail operator, is assessing which capital markets to use to finance its €3.6bn cash acquisition of World Duty Free, announced this morning.

Bulgaria has repaid a $1.5bn bridge loan to banks after issuing the largest ever euro bond from an emerging market sovereign earlier this month.

German automotive supplier Schaeffler AG on Thursday announced a €1.5bn-equivalent dual currency three tranche bond issue, designed to opportunistically refinance high coupon debt.

Deutsche Annington (DAIG), the German housing company, has issued a €500m five year and a €500m 10 year bond.

The European Investment Bank this week sparked a vehement discussion over new issue premia in euro benchmark issues in the era of European Central Bank quantitative easing.

Unipol Gruppo Finanziario took advantage of low spreads on Monday night to lengthen its debt profile with a tender and exchange of two senior unsecured bonds.