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Direct Energie, a French energy company, has raised €45m with a Euro private placement arranged by Oddo & Cie.

NLFI, the Dutch state agency, has chosen the global coordinators for the IPO of insurer ASR Nederland, relenting very slightly on the skinny fees it paid on the flotation of ABN Amro last year.

Nyrstar has obtained 99.79% of the votes cast in a second extraordinary general meeting to approve its rescue rights issue. The Belgian zinc and lead producer had failed to reach a 50% quorum at an EGM last month.

The European Investment Bank and the Federal State of Berlin announced on Monday their intention to print in euros in a week in which the European Central Bank is expected to make a decision regarding interest rates.

Spanish low cost airline Volotea has declared its intention to float in Madrid, with one lead banker saying the oil price fall could help the deal succeed.

A miserable January for the European corporate bond market looks set to drag into its third week, as the volatility afflicting primary issuance shows no sign of letting up.

A recent flurry of medium term notes in Russian rubles indicates that some investors believe that the currency is unlikely to fall much further.

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group, the UK mid-sized bank being spun off by National Australia Bank, has set the price range for its London IPO at a level that it hopes will prove compelling to investors in spite of market volatility.

Oak Hill Advisors’ co-head of European investments has retired after a career of at least 30 years.

FMS Wertmanagement has added £150m to a two year benchmark due to mature in April 2018.

Hunkemöller, the largest lingerie retailer in Benelux, will hold bank meetings on Tuesday for a €275m debt package backing its $483m (€443m) acquisition by the Carlyle Group from PAI Partners.

Chemical tanker firm Ardmore has issued a bullish outlook for the tanker sector after agreeing a streamlined loan refinancing package. This will come as good news for loans bankers in the Nordic region, who are hoping event-driven deals will start to take the place of refis after a disappointing 2015.