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China Zheshang Bank has mandated firms for its international debut bond, a dollar-denominated additional tier one.

The sterling market was red hot this week with public sector issuers hitting screens in force, despite a headline heavy calendar.

Netherlands-based telecoms firm Altice, one of the European leveraged finance market’s leading issuers, held a lender call at 3pm London time on Thursday for €1.6bn of loan refinancings in euros, and more in dollars.

Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB) has announced plans to roadshow an inaugural Basel III compliant tier two dollar deal, a week after Akbank’s successful debut in the format.

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Six borrowers announced offerings in the European high yield bond market on Monday as borrowers looked to beat what could have been disruptive Dutch elections two days later.

KfW launched a £300m tap of a December 2019 line on Wednesday, pulling in over £350m of orders in spite of sharp swings in the strength of the currency.

Spie, the French technical services provider, brought the first new leveraged buy-out financing in the euro high yield bond market for three months this week with a €600m seven year senior unsecured bond.

Public sector borrowers will take a pause from primary this week as they dodge possible volatility during a week riddled with political and economic risk events in three major currencies.

The recent volatility in the bond market ahead of an imminent US interest rate hike did not concern repeat issuer Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co (BoCom Leasing), which ventured out on Tuesday and printed a $2bn triple trancher, extending its curve to 10 years.

The Republic of Indonesia has mandated banks for a new dollar sukuk, getting ready to re-enter the market after setting records with its dual tranche sukuk last year.

Kuwait nipped in on Monday ahead of the Fed decision this week to raise $8bn with its debut bond, establishing a liquid benchmark at the five and 10 year parts of the curve. While the emphatic statement the deal made was not in question, there was debate about the bonds’ relative value against other Gulf sovereigns.