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Credit Suisse drew in €3.3bn of demand for its €1.75bn five year deal, the biggest of 2014 as generous pricing and name recognition spurred demand. By contrast, La Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec pulled in a relatively anaemic book €1.2bn for its inaugural legislative €1bn five year deal.

German wind turbine maker Nordex Group has signed a €550m 2.5 year loan from 10 lenders.

Pohjola Bank assumed the sole responsibility for euro senior unsecured supply this week as FIG syndicates had their first glimpse this year of an increasingly frustrating trend — banks turning down excellent issuance conditions because of reduced funding needs.

Do & Co, the Austrian catering and restaurants company, issued its first bond on Tuesday, in a successful sale that attracted just under €600m of demand.

Banca Popolare di Vicenza is preparing to launch a platform to issue minibonds in Italy, believing it has solved several of the practical challenges facing this nascent market for bonds from small and medium sized enterprises.

Do & Co, the Austrian catering and restaurants company, issued its first bond on Tuesday, in a successful sale that attracted just under €600m of demand.

Do & Co, the Austrian catering and restaurants company, issued its first bond on Tuesday, in a successful sale that attracted just under €600m of demand.

HellermannTyton, the UK cable accessories maker, has signed a €230m five year revolving credit facility to refinance its bonds and an €80m undrawn revolver.

Yorkshire Building Society will hit the road next week to sound out investors for its debut senior unsecured benchmark — a boost for the market at a time when UK supply and senior supply in general are lacking.

Multi-billion euro tobacco bonds are rare, but this week has produced two in as many days. They nearly came on the same day, but Imperial Tobacco decided discretion was the better part of valour yesterday when Philip Morris International got into the market ahead of it, before 8am London time.

Blog caught enough of last week’s Brit Awards to see James Corden introduce Beyoncé and then embarrass himself after her performance by gushing about his proximity to such celebrity. Then we saw Katy Perry do an awful impression of an English accent, presumably modelled on erstwhile husband Russell Brand. But who was covering the awards for the banking community?

Corporate bond issuance is set to get busier again in Europe next week, bankers say, with a drive-by deal also possible on Friday.