Barclays

Barclays has named a deputy head of FIG debt capital markets EMEA, who will begin the job on June 1.

Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group is on track for its first dollar bond while the Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) has opted for a dual-currency, triple-tranche offering for its return.

Hong Kong-listed Samsonite International has wrapped up syndication of a $2.425bn loan for its acquisition of premium luggage maker Tumi.

Several of Europe’s IPOs moved forward today, with coverage and pricing updates and the launches of bookbuilds.

The Asian Development Bank and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank hit screens with dollar deals on Monday, with ADB adding more supply to a burst of dual tranche trades that included deals last week by the World Bank and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

Georgian Oil & Gas Corporation has moved a step closer to issuing its first bond since 2012, setting the tenor at five years.

The Export-Import Bank of China is poised to return to the offshore bond market this week, lining up banks to hold investor calls for a dual-currency, triple-tranche offering.

NBTY, the US vitamins and nutritional supplements manufacturer owned by Carlyle, had bank meetings in London this morning for its $1.8bn refinancing package, with another scheduled for Monday in New York.

Steinhoff International, the South African furniture maker and goods retailer that has been on an acquisition spree, raised €1.1bn on Thursday with a convertible bond that bucked the recent trend of deals that have struggled, partly because it was the kind of simple, traditional structure investors like.

Another blistering week for euro issuance from public sector borrowers brought a dual tranche 20 and 50 year benchmark from the French government that other sovereigns could ape — but only if their liquidity strategy allows it, writes Craig McGlashan.

Over the past 15 years UK banks have set aside over £53bn to pay for their misconduct, according to a report published on Monday, with the end nowhere in sight.

Issuers stormed out of the blocks with a set of deals across the curve this week, with factors including an increase in swap spreads on the short end, a positive feeling towards the US market since Janet Yellen’s statements in March and the start of the Japanese fiscal year all credited.