Credit Suisse

Robert Wartchow will join Credit Suisse in mid-August in a new role originating and executing loan and high yield transactions, while Dominic Schultens, a director in emerging market loan syndication, has left the bank.

Bond investors are expecting Mexican construction company Empresas ICA to receive a strong response for a planned new bond after the company posted improved first quarter results.

Bahrain-based alternative asset manager Investcorp made its Swiss franc debut on Thursday afternoon, increasing the size of a five year deal in response to strong demand from retail investors drawn in by a juicy coupon.

Yanzhou Coal Mining has returned to the dollar market and is aiming to sell its perpetual bond. The bond follows a roadshow which wrapped up in Singapore on May 9.

Investcorp, the Bahrain-based alternative asset manager, is set to sell its debut Swiss franc deal on Thursday afternoon, the first venture to the Swiss franc market from a Bahraini issuer.

Bond investors are expecting Mexican construction company Empresas ICA to receive a strong response for a planned new bond after the company posted improved first quarter results.

Total, the French oil company rated Aa1/AA-, raised €250m with a tap today of its €850m 12 year bond, issued in March. Perhaps surprisingly in the present hot market, Total paid a new issue premium of 6bp.

Deoleo, the Spanish olive oil producer, set terms for its €600m-equivalent refinancing loan at a lender meeting on Tuesday.

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the state rail company of Kazakhstan, mandated banks on Wednesday to arrange investor meetings in Switzerland and Kazakhstan ahead of a possible debut Swiss franc deal. No Kazakh issuer has ever sold Swiss franc denominated debt.

Robert Wartchow is due to join Credit Suisse in mid-August in a new role originating and executing loan and high yield transactions, as the Swiss house seeks to meet the demands of Europe’s fast-growing leveraged finance market.

The Republic of Korea will meet investors next week and the week after for a proposed dollar deal, in what is set to be a record year for sovereign bond issuance in the region.

Telefónica is no rare bond issuer, but remarkably, it has not issued a substantial euro senior bond for nearly a year, having sold a €1.75bn hybrid in March.