Barclays

Norwegian state owned grid operator, Statnett, priced its debut benchmark euro corporate bond on Wednesday, continuing the recent supply of utility issuers selling longer dated new issues.

Italian telecoms firm Wind called on the high yield market on Wednesday, as it planned to refinance most of its debt with a dual currency five tranche offering, deploying 20 bookrunners in the process.

A $2.5bn refinancing by Reliance Industries (RIL) and its telecommunications arm, Reliance Jio Infocomm, has been opened to retail participants.

Four Chinese corporations priced a total of $1.175bn of bonds on Tuesday, the day before the start of the Communist Party’s five-yearly congress.

The European Union (EU) is set to tap an April 2031 line on Wednesday, coming on the heels of KfW five year benchmark on Tuesday, that raised €3bn.

Equiniti, the UK share registrar and payments services company, has concluded its £122.2m rights issue, intended to partly finance its entry into the US market.

Chinese commodity trader Tewoo Group and retail chain operator Maoye International Holdings are in the market with bonds of less than a year, getting ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress meeting that will kick off from Wednesday.

Barclays has enhanced its bank research operation in Europe with the hire of two senior analysts to head the team.

KfW hit screens on Monday, mandating three banks for a five year euro transaction.

UK grocer Tesco and US telecoms company Verizon both announced tender offers for some of their outstanding bonds in euros and sterling. Tesco is offering to buy up to £700m equivalent, while Verizon will confirm the size of its repurchase once it has sold new euro and sterling bonds.

The mandate for Reliance Industries’ $2.5bn refinancing has been revealed. The deal will consist of three portions, the bulk of which will replace a $1.5bn loan taken by one of its subsidiaries in late 2014.

European officials failed to reach agreement on Thursday on a crucial reform to improve the effectiveness of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme, the world’s largest carbon cap and trade scheme.