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Abengoa Yield, the yieldco spun off by Abengoa, the troubled Spanish renewable energy company, has changed its name to Atlantica Yield, and appointed a new chief financial officer, in a bid to dissociate itself from its parent, which has three months left to avoid bankruptcy.

Markit, the financial information services firm, has agreed to buy Loan/SERV technology assets from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in a bid to expand its loan management services.

B&B Hotels, France’s third largest budget hotels group, launched a covenant-lite senior term loan to early birds this week, backing its €800m buyout by PAI Partners from the Carlyle Group and Montefiore Investment.

After placing big sterling and dollar deals in week one, FMS Wertmanagement (FMS-W) will hit euros for its next bond.

Oman Telecommunications has mandated three banks to arrange investor meetings for a Reg S only dollar and/or Omani rial sukuk.

The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) has appointed a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee to carry out a review into finding a new provider for end-of-day reference prices for Gilts and bills.

Webhelp, the French call centre operator, was one of three companies who held bank meetings on Tuesday for leveraged loans. The €640m of first lien debt finances Webhelp’s acquisition by KKR from Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Canton of Schwyz printed a seven year note with a negative yield on Monday, with what was its first Swiss franc bond since 2011.

Republic of Poland offered a healthy concession in the early pricing stages as it ventured into the markets with the first bond from CEEMEA in 2016 on Monday.

Atalian Global, the French facilities management company, on Monday opened the first roadshow of 2016 for a high yield bond in Europe, as it announced the acquisition of US peer Temco Facility Services.

BBVA, BFCM and BPCE met with strong investor demand for euro senior unsecured deals on Monday, as peripheral and longer dated debt proved no deterrent to buyers.

Central and Eastern European loans look set to start the year with a bang as a financing of around €2bn for Czech’s Energetický a průmyslový Holding (EPH) should close by the end of this week or early next, according to two bankers on the deal.