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Enterprises in countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative are on divided on the RMB’s chance of becoming a truly international currency, a Bank of China (BoC) survey published this week found.

Chilean financial services firm, Tanner appeared to have done a disappearing act this week, seemingly cancelling its attempts to raise dollar debt having released price thoughts last Friday.

Birla Carbon, part of the India’s Aditya Birla Group, has shortlisted banks to supply a $925m dual-tranche facility that will replace a loan it borrowed in 2011.

Most futures traders in the US believe that the Federal Reserve will raise rates next month, but derivatives markets show few aftershocks priced in.

Iberdrola, the Spanish electricity company, raised €500m of cheap funding on November 6 with an equity-neutral convertible bond, partly as a response to the recent disruption in the straight bond market.

The Gym Group, an operator of low cost gyms in the UK, priced its initial public offering on Monday, raising £90m of primary proceeds.

A supranational is set to add a new point on its curve this week, as a German region prepared to bring its third benchmark of the quarter.

A pair of public sector borrowers are lining up green bonds this week — but one of the deals could have implications beyond that of the burgeoning SRI bond market.

Axa Investment Managers has launched its first green bond fund, which will invest in both green bonds and issuers with a high environment, social and governance score from the investment firm's internal ratings.

Bank of Georgia completed the initial public offering of its healthcare subsidiary on Monday, as it successfully priced the deal, although at a price much below what it had hoped for.

Political risk appeared to be influencing investors’ decision making on Monday, as a trio of eurozone periphery sovereigns underperformed their peers in secondaries. But there was better news for Cyprus, which more than halved its one month borrowing costs at an auction.

Simon Property Group, the US property company that is the world’s largest real estate investment trust, launched a benchmark seven year euro bond this morning, its first issue in the currency for over two years.