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Sorgente Res, the real estate group, has pulled its planned Milan listing, having been dissatisfied with “the quantity and quality of the demand”.

Barclays has announced that it has promoted its former head of FIG EMEA to the post of chief strategy officer at the investment bank.

Banks are grasping at private opportunities throughout their capital curves in search of a safe and affordable source of funding, as a volatile public market proves too rich for bank treasurers' blood and funding costs. Jonathan Breen reports.

Electricité de France this week delivered a lesson in execution and timing as it hoovered up pent up demand for paper as corporate America skulked in earnings blackout amid perkier market conditions.

The European Investment Bank brought a benchmark that public sector bankers hope can bring some stabilisation to the dollar market, as another supranational eyed up a potential new source of demand.

Italy blew the doors off the market with the first eurozone periphery sovereign benchmark in a month. And with extra explosives from the European Central Bank, it may have blown a hole big enough for its peers to pile through, writes Craig McGlashan.

It was just like the good old days in emerging market bonds this week despite the IMF's best attempts to spread doom and gloom. Riding the crest of a wave of supply though were the first Russian corporate deals longer than a year since 2013 — and how investors dived in. Francesca Young reports.

An Oxford college has become the first from the university and the seventh UK higher education institution overall this year to bring a private placement, with a £20m issuance.

Japan Post sets sail with IPOs — Datang Environment files in HK — Banpu Power eyes Thai float — Larsen & Toubro seeks $300m listing

Nomad Foods' €285m incremental cov-lite term loan illustrates how the leveraged loan market has widened, bankers have claimed.

The Republic of Poland printed an impressive €1.75bn six year bond on Wednesday with a skinny new issue premium, adding to the pile of successful CEEMEA bonds printed this week.

A supranational issuer fell just short of full subscription with a four year dollar deal on Wednesday, as SSAs looked for favourable pricing opportunities with unconventional maturities and short dated floaters.