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Danske Bank opened books on Wednesday on a triple A rated five year euro benchmark following up its its seven year sterling transaction early last week. A solid book build blew away concerns over a soft credit market and a series of upcoming potentially disruptive events.

Pernod Ricard, the French distiller, issued its second European bond of the year on Wednesday, in a week already well populated with deals for drinks companies.

The International Finance Corp will arrange up to €42.5m of financing for a new wind farm in Croatia, the Rudine project. As part of the deal, UniCredit will co-ordinate a €23.6m syndicated loan.

Diageo, the UK alcoholic drinks group, was named by research firm CreditSights last week as one of the European consumer goods companies most exposed to risk from the Scottish independence referendum.

Tui AG, the German tourism group, followed up Monday’s announcement of an agreement on merger terms with British subsidiary Tui Travel by beginning a roadshow for its first bond issue for nearly a decade.

KazMunaiGas International, the Amsterdam-headquartered oil refining and trading company formerly known as Rompetrol Group, has signed a $200m five year term loan to refinance debt.

South Korea's Hankook Tire has obtained a €120m three year loan arranged by a quartet of Hungarian banks for its plant in Rácalmás, Hungary.

Borealis, the Austrian chemicals and fertiliser producer, has refinanced its €1bn five year revolving credit facility, originally signed in 2012, pushing the maturity out to 2019, with an additional two year extension option.

Covered bond issuers priced 10 benchmark sized deals this week, raising €11bn on the back of an aggregate €26bn of demand. Average order book sizes were boosted after the European Central Bank announced last week its intention to proceed with a third covered bond purchase programme.

Aareal Bank capitalised on the momentum created by the two successful French deals issued through mid-swaps on Monday and Tuesday by bringing forward plans to issue a euro-denominated Pfandbrief. It opened books on a three year deal on Wednesday rather than waiting until next week.

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HSE24, the German shopping television channel, is marketing a €314m loan to refinance debt and pay a €94m dividend to its sponsor, Providence Equity.