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Lenders and bondholders representing 40% of Abengoa’s creditors joined efforts on Thursday with the company’s founding family, the Benjumeas, to present a rescue plan of a name that has become Spain’s most infamous borrower of recent times.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka have approached the loan market for their latest fundraisings. While interest in the former has been steadily rising, the latter was recently hit by a rating downgrade.

The Asia ex-Japan bank capital market sprang back to life this week as United Overseas Bank (UOB) completed the first-dollar denominated trade in the region this year. The deal's strong reception bodes well for those looking to follow but market participants have predicted another lacklustre year in term of volumes, writes Rev Hui.

Bank of Communications (BoCom) Financial Leasing is getting ready to hit the road ahead of a Reg S dollar offering that could come as early as next week.

Five banks are set to arrange a series of investor meetings in the US for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

State-owned oil giant Pemex became the second Mexican company to raise euro denominated debt this week, following the same strategy it took in dollars earlier in the year by focussing on the short end of the curve.

The State of North Rhine-Westphalia more than doubled the record size for a green bond from a European sub-sovereign, pricing a deal several basis points inside initial price thoughts on Wednesday.

Council of Europe Development Bank and World Bank on Wednesday added to a strong week from public sector borrowers in the dollar market ahead of a vitally important US Federal Reserve meeting.

Emerging market issuers were busy locking down funding through all avenues this week. The CEEMEA and Latin America bond markets are churning out deals while the main focus in loans is on a jumbo transaction for Saudi Arabia.

Berlin Hyp issued the first negative yielding covered bond this week, giving investors a sign of things to come as financial institutions prepare for another round of monetary policy stimulus from the European Central Bank.

United Overseas Bank started receiving bids for a tier two offering on Wednesday in what is the year's first dollar bank capital deal from Asia ex-Japan.

Woori Bank has hired six banks to work on a dollar-denominated additional tier one (AT1) offering.