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United Overseas Bank set final price guidance for its debut US dollar-denominated Basel III compliant tier two bond on Tuesday afternoon, tightening from initial guidance on an orderbook that exceeded $4.25bn.

Hyundai Capital Services has returned to the international market with a three year floating rate note bond.

As expected, Petrobras offered higher spreads and all-in yields for its latest jumbo dollar issue than its $11bn record-breaker sold in May 2013, near the peak of the EM debt market.

This time Petrobras’s dollar benchmark wasn’t a record-breaker, but $8.5bn raised in six tranches towards the Brazilian oil company’s $221bn investment programme for 2014-2018 left bankers on the deal happy and those away from it full of praise.

Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg, the German electricity and gas supplier, is set to issue its second hybrid capital bond on Tuesday, after holding a conference call with investors on Monday.

Deutsche Bahn, the German state railway company, launched its first euro bond of the year on Monday, into an empty but slightly weakening market – often considered ideal conditions for this ultra-safe credit. It was rewarded with strong demand, especially from Asia.

French mobile telecoms firm Bouygues strengthened its €10.5bn-plus acquisition offer for domestic rival SFR on Sunday, as it announced plans to sell part of its network to Iliad if its bid proves successful.

Barwa Bank has named Khalid Al-Subeai as acting chief executive, describing the appointment as an indication of its commitment to 'Qatarisation and the progression of Qatari talent at all levels'.

The senior unsecured market started with a bang on Monday, despite the European market softening late on Friday.

United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced on Monday that it is planning a US dollar-denominated Basel III compliant tier two bond. The bank will become the first Singaporean issuer — and only the fourth Asian borrower ever — to do a deal of this kind.

A group of 15 banks are tipped to win the mandate for the new loan for agricultural products supplier Olam International, which is expected to launch at $1.2bn.

CCB (Asia) made a big splash on its debut in the dim sum market. The Rmb4bn ($653m) two year ranked as the equal biggest single tranche from a non-sovereign borrower.