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Singaporean lender United Overseas Bank (UOB) made a quick return to the dollar bond market last Friday, raising an additional $200m with a tap of its tier two notes issued earlier in the month.

Argentine state oil company YPF sold $1bn of five year notes at a new issue premium close to flat on Friday as the threat of an imminent flood of supply from Argentina did nothing to quell demand.

TCC Group subsidiary Berli Jucker Public Co has signed up nine lenders for a €3.2bn ($3.5bn) portion of a larger loan to support its acquisition of retailer Big C Supercenter.

South Korea’s Shinhan Bank made a strong impression on bank capital investors this week, pricing a 10 year bullet tier two. Some of the credit for the transaction’s success goes to the fundamental strength of the issuer and the investor-friendly structure of the bond, but market participants say Shinhan’s willingness to pay up also deserves kudos.

Thailand’s TMB Bank is set to return to the dollar bond market for the first time in 10 years, having mandated three lenders for a roadshow next week.

United Overseas Bank is making a quick return to the dollar bond market, reopening its $500m 2026 tier twos on Friday.

Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba) and WL Bank met contrasting outcomes for their euro denominated German Pfandbriefe issued this week.

As the European high yield market showed signs of becoming friendlier to borrowers, French car parts supplier Faurecia on Thursday sold €700m of notes to redeem a €490m unsecured bond.

Crédit Agricole raised €3.25bn as it issued the biggest euro covered bond benchmark since 2007 on Wednesday, achieving a competitive cost of term funding at historically cheap rates.

After disclosing on Wednesday details on its €9.3bn debt restructuring, the renewable energy multinational, Abengoa told GlobalCapital it may push to extend the length of its three month pre-insolvency proceedings.

GlobalCapital announces the results of its Equity Capital Markets Awards for 2015, following our inaugural ECM Awards Dinner, in London on March 16.

India's Equitas Holdings is set to become the first small finance bank to list in the country and is lining up a Rp20bn ($300m) float in the first half of the year.