Bank of America

Mike Turnbull has joined StormHarbour as managing director, capital markets, a role where he will oversee StormHarbour’s debt capital markets platform.

Equity researchers involved in the $200m IPO of India’s Inox Wind have started meeting domestic investors as part of the deal’s pre-marketing process.

Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) was back in the international debt market on January 12, opening books to a SEC-registered dual tranche benchmark transaction that is split between a five year and a 10 year.

BMW priced €1.5bn of bonds on Friday, split evenly between five and 10 year tranches, following the slightly lower rated German car maker Volkswagen’s three tranche deal on Thursday.

HDFC Bank is moving ahead with plans to raise Rs100bn ($1.58bn) in a bid to improve its capital position, after it picked four banks to lead the share sale.

India’s Inox Wind is planning to start pre-marketing its IPO of around $200m from Monday, January 12, as the company prepares to become one of the first sizeable listings from the country this year.

London-based charity the Wellcome Trust, which funds biomedical research, has mandated three banks for its first euro bond roadshow.

London-based charity the Wellcome Trust, which funds biomedical research, has mandated three banks for its first euro bond roadshow.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has mandated seven banks for its first bond sale of 2015, in a deal that is expected to hit the screens by mid-January. The borrower is making an early start to its fundraising in a year that will see it raise up to $13bn offshore.

The ruffled state of Europe's high yield bond market will give Xavier Niel, the French telecoms entrepreneur, plenty to think about as he considers whether to use the market to finance his planned takeover of Orange Switzerland, the mobile phone company.

British Telecommunications has declined to confirm press reports that it is planning a £2bn rights issue as part of its financing for the £12.5bn takeover of EE, the UK mobile phone group. However, the market barely flinched at the news, suggesting a deal, if it comes, will not be a challenge.

British Telecommunications has declined to confirm press reports that it is planning a £2bn rights issue as part of its financing for the £12.5bn takeover of EE, the UK mobile phone group. However, the market barely flinched at the news, suggesting a deal, if it comes, will not be a challenge.