Barclays

South Africa’s Absa Bank is expected to close its loan syndication by the end of this week, as an abundance of liquidity in the loan market, as well as healthy investor appetite for bank debt, causes pricing compression.

Europe's investment grade corporate bond market began the week with a hefty pack of new bond issues, as issuers were spurred on to bring deals by last week's rally and the favourable performance of past prints.

Agence Francaise de Développement was the only public sector borrower to mandate banks for a new benchmark bond on Monday, as squeezed yields cause issuers to hold off from the primary market.

Forth Ports, the port operator with headquarters in Edinburgh, is marketing prospective US private placements this week.

Rainer Wagner is leaving Barclays, six months after it was announced he would be taking on more responsibilities at the bank.

Barclays returned to the Australian dollar market this week for its second Kangaroo, placing a triple tranche trade that was four times covered. The demand for Kangaroo paper could see more issuers follow Barclays, according to one DCM banker.

Trainline, the UK transport booking website, has priced its London listing near the top its revised range and grown the IPO to satisfy investor demand.

Peking University Founder Group Co raised $250m in a two year bond trade on Wednesday, using up the last of its offshore issuance quota, and shaking off investor concerns about its ongoing litigation.

Just two months after a dovish US Federal Reserve lured América Móvil to the dollar bond market for the first time in eight years, the Mexican telecoms giant was again able to make the most of benevolent central bank talk on Wednesday as it jumped on a rates rally in Europe for its first euro trade since 2016.

The rally set off European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's assertion on Tuesday that further quantitative easing was possible, if not probable, had reached a level by Wednesday that astonished bankers. Three investment grade companies took advantage that day with benchmark bond issues, while one brought a tap.

ABN Amro has appointed an ex-Barclays banker as its new head of UK FIG DCM.

Volkswagen surprised the equity capital markets on Friday by setting a range on the IPO of its trucks division, Traton, a few days earlier than most in the market had expected. But the deal has already gained strong investor interest.