Morgan Stanley

Korea Midland Power Co (Komipo) bagged $300m from new 5.5 year notes that were four times subscribed on January 13. The Aa2/AA-/AA- rated borrower offered investors something of a safe haven play amid the recent volatility, with strong demand allowing the issuer to print the new bond with little premium.

CYBG, the UK mid-sized bank owned by National Australia Bank, will start building the book for its initial public offering in London next week.

There may be a new man in charge at the Mexican debt management office, but bankers were just as effusive as ever over its $2.25bn of 10 year bond, its first issuance of 2016, on Wednesday.

This year’s first high profile IPO in Europe began today, when CMC Markets, the financial spread betting firm founded by Peter Cruddas, announced its long-expected intention to float in London.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation priced a 10 year benchmark while the Province of Ontario placed a three year bond on Wednesday. Both issuers impressed bankers away from the trades, coming as they did amid difficult conditions.

Portugal is limbering up for its first benchmark of the year in a week heavy with eurozone periphery sovereign issuance, including an auction where Italy’s three year yield nearly dipped below zero.

China Nonferrous Metal Mining and Vista Land & Lifescapes are meeting investors ahead of their respective dollar offerings, while Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology is set to gauge interest in Europe for a euro-denominated deal.

The start to 2016’s equity business has not been easy, with markets doing little to help convince issuers to pull the trigger. But European stockmarkets have settled down, and are managing sometimes to trade well even on days when China’s market falls.

The Asia ex-Japan debt capital market was crowded with dollar issuers on January 13, with two investment grade bonds and two high yield notes opening in the morning.

Spain has opened its funding year with a deal in the upper echelons of record sovereign deal sizes and an enormous book for the third year running. but it's the quality of investor the sovereign attracted this time that was most notable, according to bankers.

Spain has mandated for its first deal of the year, but the sovereign has taken the rare step of bringing a syndication in the same week as it is holding auctions.

Shire has signed an $18bn loan with two underwriters to fund the cash component of its $32bn acquisition of Baxalta, a pharmaceuticals company specialising in rare diseases. Syndication of the loan will begin swiftly, according to bankers familiar with the transaction.