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Arcadis, a Dutch design and consultancy firm, clinched a €300m revolving credit facility from a group of five banks before the Christmas holiday.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the financial institutions, public sector, emerging markets and corporate bond markets. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The FIG Deals of the Year 2015 winners are presented here.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch jumped three spots in Dealogic’s Latin America bond bookrunner league tables in 2015 to take the top spot in a year characterised by a sharp drop in volumes.

Asia’s debt capital market is set for a busy start to the year with both repeat and debut issuers looking to sell dollar offerings as early as this week.

A $1.5bn refinancing for Tata Steel that went into senior syndication in early December has been funded by 17 lenders.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the corporate, public sector, financial institution and emerging market bond markets. Below are the Corporate Deals of the Year 2015. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The winners are presented here.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the corporate, high yield, public sector, financial institution and emerging market bond markets. Below are the High Yield Deals of the Year 2015.

Chinese residential property manager Greentown Service Group has filed a preliminary prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as it vies to float on the city’s main board.

Italian banks have come through a challenging year as pressures — from regulators, markets and the economy — waxed and waned. Issuers and investors have had to navigate the looming introduction of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, Total Loss Absorbing Capacity and Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities, which have changed the dynamics between senior unsecured paper, covered bonds and capital issuance. The Italian market also felt one of the strongest impacts in the eurozone from the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme, which provided cheap liquidity and tightened issuance spreads, but in some cases appeared to drive investors away and into higher-yielding asset classes. Meanwhile, an economy clawing its way back to health continued to impose a heavy burden of non-performing loans, and legislative reforms left smaller players in the sector looking for merger partners. In this roundtable, held in early December, leading funding officials and bankers gathered to discuss these issues and more.

A $305m three year borrowing for Tata Power's subsidiary, Khopoli Investments, has received commitments from two banks, having been in general syndication since September.

National Australia Bank has laid out its plans to float its UK mid-sized bank unit CYBG in London early next year.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) London has become the lender’s third branch to issue a dollar bond in just over a month. This is part of the issuer’s plans to ramp up its presence in the international debt market with bankers expecting more of its branches to join in.