Barclays

Barclays has offered to buy back up to £7.5bn of senior unsecured notes, and could shortly be in the market with fresh holdco debt as it looks to satisfy regulatory capital requirements.

Credit Suisse and UBS dominated Dealogic’s European FIG bookrunner rankings for 2015, helped by their issuer parents cranking up their issuance of holdco and capital instruments.

Korea Midland Power Co (Komipo) has mandated three banks for a dollar offering ahead of the redemption of an outstanding note due in March.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten is the solitary public sector borrower in the euro market so far this year, with a public holiday across much of Europe likely to limit issuance in the currency this week.

A pair of SSA heavyweights are limbering up for the first public sector dollar benchmarks since the US Federal Reserve raised rates late in 2015 — and plenty more could follow ahead of the next Fed conflab.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the emerging market, public sector, financial institution and corporate bond markets. Below are the EM Deals of the Year 2015. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The winners are presented here.

Asia’s debt capital market is set for a busy start to the year with both repeat and debut issuers looking to sell dollar offerings as early as this week.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the corporate, public sector, financial institution and emerging market bond markets. Below are the Corporate Deals of the Year 2015. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The winners are presented here.

After an eventful year for European corporate bonds, HSBC has ousted BNP Paribas as top bookrunner for European issuers, though BNPP stays top for all corporate issues in euros.

HSBC and Barclays were the leading houses in SSAs by deal volume year to date in 2015 but overall volumes were down on 2014 and are expected to fall again next year.

Ares Management, the asset management firm, has purchased a £500m portfolio of performing UK middle-market financial sponsor-backed term loans from Barclays’ corporate banking division.

Finnish pulp and paper maker Stora Enso has tightened margins again on its €700m revolving credit facility, this time by 20bp, after having already reduced margins on the deal by 35bp two years ago.