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The EIB has tapped the largest outstanding green bond in the market and could have created the first negatively yielding primary supply in the format, said SSA bankers.

Having proclaimed 2014 to have been the biggest year for European corporate loan volume since 2007, Loan Ranger went into last week in a mood for records.

Well it’s that time of year when the great and the good of banking dust off their dinner jackets and avoid early morning meetings so they can make the most of the annual awards season.

Small Chinese companies are increasingly eyeing IPOs on the Australian Securities Exchange after recent efforts by the ASX to woo issuers from the world’s biggest emerging economy. But while Australia offers plenty of opportunities for international listing candidates, the maturity of the market means it is only open for very select names, writes Rashmi Kumar.

M&A activity in Vietnam is set to get a big surge from July, as laws governing foreign investment in domestic companies will be relaxed by the government in a bid to attract more overseas investors, writes Rashmi Kumar.

A weakening outlook for China this year has not deterred issuers from the world’s second largest economy from tapping the dollar market, with year-to-date volume higher than 2014.

Indian exporter Essar Oil’s latest facility has met with a warm response, despite the company’s operation in the volatile oil sector, as it comes backed by a two way guarantee from State Bank of India. The guarantee protects lenders both on Essar’s obligation to deliver as well as buyer Oil Bridge’s obligation to pay, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.

Don’t be distracted by the razzmatazz. Peer-to-peer lenders walk like banks and quack like them. As a retail bond offering from Wellesley & Co in the UK makes clear, bankishness is one of the best things about P2P. But don’t go thinking the risks are the same.

Don’t be distracted by the razzmatazz. Peer-to-peer lenders walk like banks and quack like them. As a retail bond offering from Wellesley & Co in the UK makes clear, bankishness is one of the best things about P2P. But don’t go thinking the risks are the same.

The Monetary of Singapore (MAS) has put out a new consultation paper on covered bonds that aims to clear up several outstanding snags that have held back banks from issuing. But while the MAS has correctly pinpointed most of the problems, what it really needs to tackle is the sticky issue of who has first claim on the asset pool.

Will Weaver’s promotion to run the EMEA debt capital markets business at Citi last week took many by surprise. That was no comment on Weaver’s talents, but on the expectation widely held that top jobs can't go to CEEMEA bankers. After all, they rarely do.

International Finance Corporation has sold the first ever offshore bond in Rwandan francs, just a day after clearing house Euroclear began accepting trades denominated in the currency.