Barclays

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) attracted high quality non-Chinese bidders for its dual currency, triple tranche offering this week. The response shows that demand remains high for mainland credits despite concerns about the country’s growth.

Italy enticed investors out the curve on Tuesday with its first ever 20 year euro benchmark, offering a pick-up of around 40bp over where its 15 year benchmark — a more traditional pricing point for the sovereign — was trading in secondaries.

A Barclays FIG DCM banker is moving into a senior treasury job at the bank.

State owned Georgian Oil & Gas Corporation has released initial price thoughts for its dollar bond, which a lead manager estimated offered around a 50bp new issue premium.

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.