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Sky, the UK satellite and cable broadcasting group, brought a 10 year euro benchmark bond on Monday, pushing out for a longer maturity after a week when many issuers stayed with intermediate tenors.

FCA Bank, the financing joint venture of Fiat Chrysler and Crédit Agricole, issued a €500m no-grow bond today.

Veolia, the French water, waste and energy management company, received strong demand for a €3bn loan refinancing but fewer banks got a share of the spoils.

Belgian real estate investment company Cofinimmo has added two banks to the syndicate for a refinancing facility it signed on Thursday.

Ethypharm, the French pharmaceuticals company, has allocated €287.5m of new loan facilities at a wider margin than it initially proposed.

Commercial Bank of Dubai has released initial price thoughts for a five year dollar benchmark at mid-to low 200bp over mid-swaps.

Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) will close a $75m loan this week, in a deal that cuts FCMB’s dollar syndicated loans from $150m to $75m.

Bahrain has picked banks for investor meetings ahead of a dollar bond deal and starts investor meetings this week.

Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) sold its first Swiss franc bond since 2014 on Monday, as international visitors to the market increase.

Korea’s Asiana Airlines has swooped into the syndicated loan market for a $150m deal, picking two banks to run it.

UBS met strong demand for its first holdco level senior debt in euros on Monday, with market participants divided on how its pricing compared to opco levels.

India’s Jindal Steel & Power is understood to have asked banks to relax a covenant on a $400m borrowing sealed in April 2013.