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Majorcan travel services operator Hotelbeds has announced a repricing of all its loan debt, continuing a wave of margin cutting that investors have little choice but to support.

Lloyds opened books on Tuesday on its first callable senior bond transactions for the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) on Tuesday, following Santander UK into the dollar market as banks start to think about pre-funding for 2018.

Corporate hybrid bond investors have been heavily scaled back on their recent orders for new deals, so they will have been pleased by French laboratory testing firm Eurofins Scientific's Halloween Tuesday announcement mandating for its latest deal.

Chandra Asri Petrochemical reeled in investors on Monday with its new dollar bond. The issuer offered some value compared with its peers, but still managed to grab itself a snug price.

Investors cheered Hon Hai Precision Industry Co’s first convertible bond (CB) issue in seven years this week, cramming in $3bn of orders into the $500m deal. That pent-up demand, along with the Taiwanese iPhone parts maker’s own strong equity and credit, meant it could get away with aggressive terms. John Loh writes.

Fugro, the Dutch geosciences company, returned to the equity-linked market on Monday when it issued a €100m subordinated convertible bond due in 2024 to finance the early repayment of senior debt and US private placement notes.

Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is this week set to bring its second dollar benchmark of the year, the proceeds from which will be used to pay off a $1bn floating rate note maturing next year.

Taiwan-listed Hon Hai Precision Industry Co is in the market with an up to $500m currency-linked convertible bond, breaking a seven year absence from equity-linked issuance.

Saka Energi Indonesia, the upstream oil and gas arm of Indonesian state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara, has allocated its $250m loan. The deal is scheduled to sign next week.

Indonesia’s Chandra Asri Petrochemical opened books for its first offshore dollar deal on Monday morning, following a roadshow last week.

TMF Group, the Dutch business services company, has abandoned its plans for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange in favour of a sale to CVC Capital Partners.

Euro corporate bond investors see RCI Banque as a frequent borrower, pricing new issues multiple times a year. But it remains a rare name for sterling investors. On Friday it sold its first bond in the currency for over three years — a bond that has already matured.