Mizuho

The US investment banking market is the largest and most lucrative in the world, and the most tightly locked down in the hands of domestic firms. But vaulting up the league tables, of late, has been Mizuho — hoping to break down Japanese bank stereotypes in the process.

Dutch car finance bank LeasePlan was in the bond market on Tuesday for a €750m five year deal that won a €1.8bn order book, just one month after issuing another benchmark trade.

The Gulf region is on for a record first five months of the year with Qatar, Noor Bank, Etihad, DP World all mandating for bonds this week, while Petrobras printed an eye catching $6.75bn deal.

Ooredoo, one of the largest telecommunications firms in the Middle East and Africa, is refinancing a $1bn three year revolving credit facility, according to two bankers.

Nasdaq, the US stock exchange, received an enthusiastic reception from investors as it returned to Europe’s bond markets after a three year absence and widened its investor base.

Airbus has released price talk on a €425m term loan, while First Data, the US payments technology firm, priced its euro term loan at an unusually tight margin on Monday.

Danske Bank has filed to sell its first bonds on the Tokyo Pro-Bond market, as the yen market looks set to get off the ground in 2016 after a ¥110bn trade from Bank of America last week.

Tencent Holdings has received enough commitments to more than double its $1.5bn loan as liquidity continues to pour in for names in the Chinese technology sector, said sources close to the trade.

Mizuho has appointed a new associate director of EMEA loan sales in its London office.

The Republic of Indonesia has mandated three banks to work on a Samurai bond that is expected to launch later in the year.

Lenders are waiting for an update on PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp’s request to waive a covenant on a borrowing sealed in 2012.

Tissue paper maker Youyuan International is tapping the loan market for a $120m 3.5 year facility, marking its return after a gap of two years.