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Commodities trader Noble Group has wrapped up a $1bn committed unsecured revolver with 25 banks joining the transaction, alongside a $2bn revolving borrowing base facility.

Double-B rated issuers WEPA Hygieneprodukte, Europe’s leading privately owned tissue manufacturer, and Barry Callebaut, the Swiss chocolate producer, both followed Volvo’s lead in launching bonds on Monday, helping to keep a stuttering primary market active.

Oil products storage and distribution firm Puma Energy has increased the size of its latest revolver to $800m from $500m, with 35 lenders making commitments. The company has also managed to extend the maturity on part of a three year facility raised last year.

Taghleef, the Dubai-based food packaging film maker owned by Al Ghurair Group, has tightened pricing on its €285m-equivalent seven year term loan ‘B’ to a margin of 450bp, offered at 99.

FIG bankers took a breather on Thursday after a frantic week across dollars and euros, but the pace of issuance is expected to swiftly ramp up again after the European Central Bank’s latest policy decision.

Investors threw more than €6.5bn at a perpetual non-call five year additional tier one trade from Rabobank on Tuesday, the bank’s first such deal since it revised its governance structure.

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Rabobank’s latest additional tier one deal, its first under its new structure, has shown the CoCo market is open across dollars and euros after a torrid start to the year, while orders have ben flying in for other forms of FIG paper this week.

Investors threw more than €6.5bn at a perpetual non-call five year additional tier one trade from Rabobank on Tuesday, the bank’s first such deal since it revised its governance structure.

Alliander, the Dutch energy network group, issued its first green bond on Monday, a €300m 10 year note that enjoyed "a little help" from environmentally minded investors.

Eurofima was the sole issuer testing the euro waters on Monday, with bankers expecting a quiet second half of the month in the market after a frantic start to April in which issuers placed 12 benchmark deals.