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After a year of muted issuance, two African sovereigns met investors in London this week. While both Angola and Nigeria held non-deal roadshows, investors said the timing was "no coincidence" for the former.

Croatia’s Zagrebački Holding completed a buy-back of nearly half of its outstanding Eurobonds on Thursday.

Aviva Investors has enlisted a new equities fund manager as it grows its emerging market team.

The Brics New Development Bank (NDB) is gearing up for its debut capital market appearance and is expected to price a renminbi denominated green bond on Monday. The trade is just the start of its funding ambitions, as the supranational seeks an international rating to tap G3 markets, its chief financial officer told GlobalRMB. Paolo Danese reports.

Macedonia was on track to price the first euro-denominated bond from CEEMEA since the UK referendum on June 23 on Thursday morning.

Representatives from Angola met investors in London on Thursday as part of a four day non-deal roadshow. The African sovereign recently walked away from discussions with the International Monetary Fund about borrowing money.

Competition is becoming much fiercer in the Turkish banking sector. After years of rampant loan growth in many markets, banks will have to fight much harder to find new customers and bigger margins in the future.

A last minute order saw Yapi Kredi Bankasi relaunch a new senior deal at an increased size on Tuesday. The Turkish bank offered a 10bp new issue premium, according to lead bankers.

The renminbi is joining the IMF special drawing rights (SDR) later this year, but that achievement does not mean mission accomplished for China’s authorities. For Beijing to achieve its stated goals of making the RMB a reserve currency and the SDR a real world currency more steps will be needed, according to leading monetary policy experts.

New deals from Turkey’s Yapi Kredi, Majid Al Futtaim, and Russia’s State Transport Leasing Company this week prove that CEEMEA has finally shaken off any Brexit-related concerns and is now revelling in its apparent ‘safe haven’ status.

The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is set to venture into the bond market for the first time next week with a Rmb3bn ($448m) offering to be sold in China’s interbank bond market.

Yapi Kredi Bankasi opened books on a seven year note on Tuesday morning, offering a 20bp premium at initial price thoughts.