Barclays

Nexi, the Italian payments firm listing in Milan, is to price its IPO at €9 a share, just off the bottom of its initial price range.

Chinese internet data centre provider 21Vianet Group raised a $300m note on Tuesday after bondholders agreed to tender over half of an old $300m bond that will become puttable in a few months.

Finablr, the Abu Dhabi-based cross-border currency and financial technology holding company which owns Travelex, has filed initial paperwork ahead of announcing an intention to list on the London Stock Exchange.

Three Chinese property companies battled in the primary market on Monday with competing supply. While high yield issuers have been able to sell bonds at ultra-tight prices of late, the weight of supply has started to force issuer’s to pay more to borrow.

IndusInd Bank, the privately owned Indian lender, priced its inaugural dollar bond on Monday after a careful approach by bookrunners led to a sale that was priced tighter than some investors demanded but kept on tightening in the secondary market.

Reliance Industries is tapping the Japanese yen market as part of a $1.5bn dual-currency loan syndication.

Diageo, the UK distiller and brewer, followed its recent habit and issued a multi-tranche bond on Monday — but with a difference. It included sterling notes for the first time since 1995.

The undersupplied European high yield market saw a strong start on Monday, as banks announced new deals from Ineos and Italmatch.

Activist shareholder Edward Bramson’s Sherborne Investors Management has made a detailed critique of Barclays’ markets business in a letter penned to shareholders, saying it did not have enough support from asset management or corporate banking operations to work well.

The UK’s McKay Securities has signed a £180m revolving credit facility, with the office and industrial REIT switching its bilateral loans for a bigger syndicated deal.

Bookrunners on Dubai-based payments company Network International will close books on the IPO a day early, and have increased the size of the offering, after receiving huge demand for stock.

Xinyuan Real Estate Co priced a $200m bond that came with a 14.2% coupon, as heavy supply continues to weigh on the Chinese high yield real estate bond market with both new issue concessions and secondary performance suffering.