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The Province of Quebec has returned to the medium term note market after a long absence, printing in Hong Kong dollars.

The European Investment Bank sold a £500m tap of its February 2019s on Wednesday, taking sterling issuance from public sector borrowers to its highest level for nine weeks.

A pair of SSA borrowers returned to the Norwegian krone market this week for the first time this year, taking advantage of better funding conditions in the market.

Amadeus, the Spanish airline ticketing systems group, has signed a €500m revolving credit facility with a group of 12 banks, bringing in two new lenders as two dropped out.

The £920m loan for Steinhoff’s bid for Darty remains in place, although the South African firm has been outbid by French retailer Fnac.

UBI Banca became the first Italian lender to print tier two capital this year on Wednesday, laying the foundations for more periphery capital to follow.

Global construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat is looking to file for approval for its South Korea IPO by July and could list two months later, a source with knowledge of the situation told GlobalCapital Asia.

The Indian government kicked off the sell-down of 11% of its stake in hydropower producer NHPC on Wednesday, with the two-day bookbuild expected to add Rp27.2bn ($408.4m) to the state’s coffers.

The European Stability Mechanism rode the crest of a wave of demand for duration on Tuesday to complete its remaining funding needs for the second quarter, as Unédic looked to hit a shorter maturity.

The UK’s Debt Management Office sold a £4.75bn tap of its July 2065s on Tuesday as the impending referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union showed no impact on demand.

Funke Mediengruppe, the German media group, has agreed an extension to its loan facilities, in one of the few amend-and-extend operations so far in 2016.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) fetched $3bn from a multi-tranche dollar deal on Monday that saw a 30 note added mid-way due to reverse enquiry. But unlike its last outing, the oil and gas giant kept the size relatively small in favour of tight pricing.