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Banco de Bogotá’s new subordinated bonds closed higher in the grey market on Monday after the Colombian bank offered a hefty new issue premium that left investors who liked the issuer chuffed at the fact the deal had come on a tough day.

Sif Group, the Dutch maker of tubes for the offshore wind, oil and gas sectors, has brought back its postponed IPO with a compressed bookbuild that began today and will finish on Wednesday.

African Export-Import Bank has mandated six banks for a benchmark dollar bond roadshow that starts on Thursday.

The Community of Madrid is preparing its first syndicated bond in a year, as the Republic of Italy considers following the lead of France and Belgium by publically issuing a 50 year bond.

Double-B rated issuers WEPA Hygieneprodukte, Europe’s leading privately owned tissue manufacturer, and Barry Callebaut, the Swiss chocolate producer, both followed Volvo’s lead in launching bonds on Monday, helping to keep a stuttering primary market active.

Boubyan Bank, an Islamic bank based in Kuwait, has released initial price thoughts for a $250m perpetual non-call five tier one bond.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is getting ready to bring out a new $500m senior bond to the international debt market, picking four banks to work on the offering.

ICBC Financial Leasing is on the road to meet investors ahead of plans to sell its first dollar bond of the year.

The claims of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) to full SSA status appear to be gaining weight after the Latin American development bank issued a three year dollar benchmark on Wednesday.

Rentenbank defied fears over the possibility that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union, printing a sterling May 2021 on Wednesday.

French motorways operator Autoroutes du Sud brought a €500m no-grow bond to the market on Wednesday, drawing in a €2.2bn order book.

Senior bankers in the public sector bond market fear a combination of political events are about to wreak havoc with borrowers' debt raising plans. Ben Jaglom reports.