Mizuho

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has tied up a HK$5bn ($645m) five year fundraising with a group of 21 banks that were undeterred by the sub-100bp pricing.

The crunch is coming. The Middle East loan market has long offered low margins and lashings of liquidity but pricing is widening, just as issuers flock to the market in droves, writes Elly Whittaker.

Goodyear Dunlop Tires, the US tyre maker, issued €250m of eight year senior notes on Wednesday. The notes are rated Ba1/BB, with a coupon of 3.750% and non-call protection of three years.

State-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp has sent out a request for proposals for a $200m deal, coming to the market eight months after it cancelled a loan in favour of a bond.

Santander UK has beaten a path that could be well trodden by European banks in the next two years, printing a holdco senior unsecured deal in the Tokyo Pro-Bond market as it looks to broaden its investor base for issuing loss absorbing debt.

Bharat Oman Refineries (BORL), which sent out a request for proposal for a loan of $125m in October, has mandated a group of three banks for the financing.

Europe's high yield market has made a remarkable comeback in the past fortnight, crowned this week when Ball Corp, the US can maker, priced a €2bn-equivalent bond, highlighting the bullishness of euro markets inflated by QE, writes Victor Jimenez.

Dümmen Orange, the Dutch flower breeder, has allocated its acquisition loans in an early bird syndication. The facilities are for BC Partners’ buyout of the firm from H2 Equity Partners and the Dümmen family.

BPCE issued final guidance on Thursday for its latest multi-tranche Samurai sale, giving investors plenty of choice with two senior and three subordinated tranches.

Dümmen Orange, the Dutch flower breeder, has allocated its acquisition loans in an early bird syndication. The facilities are for BC Partners' buyout of the firm from H2 Equity Partners and the Dümmen family.

Kuwait petrochemicals firm Equate is scheduled to complete syndication of $6bn of loans this week.

A debt capital markets banker at Morgan Stanley has left to join Mizuho International, GlobalCapital understands.