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The Sultanate of Oman, having returned to the debt market for a $1bn five year loan, has named the banks in the deal's syndicate.

Year to date FIG issuance volumes are barely half what they were in 2015, as a seemingly endless run of poor headlines has weighed on performance and left investors wary.

Emerging markets bankers were treated to a new name on Monday as Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) announced a roadshow for its debut bond.

Irish Residential Properties REIT has put a new €250m loan facility to use in its acquisition of 442 Dublin apartments.

Standard & Poor’s unexpectedly downgraded Republic of Poland to BBB+ on Friday, causing a large sell-off of the sovereign’s debt just a week after it printed a dual tranche €1.75bn Eurobond.

IDBI Bank’s top management are doing the rounds with investors as they try to drum up interest for a Rp38bn ($561.3m) qualified institutional placement.

Chinese company Haier has enlisted three lenders to fund its $5.4bn acquisition of Kentucky headquartered GE Appliances.

China’s stock market regulator has conceded that it made mistakes following June 2015’s market crash and that its system for governing the country’s financial markets is inadequate.

Lippo Karawaci has launched an exchange offer and consent solicitation, aiming to switch holders out of a 2019 bond into new 2023 notes.

Standard & Poor’s has warned that Chinese property developers could be in line for possible rating downgrades if the renminbi continues to depreciate.

Heavily indebted Colombian-Canadian oil company Pacific Exploration & Production disappointed some bondholders on Friday by announcing it intended to miss coupon payments due this month and use the 30 day grace period “to assess strategic alternatives”.

Indian company UPL is making a return to the international syndicated loan market after a break of nearly 10 years with a $200m borrowing.