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Xior Student Housing, the Belgian real estate company focused on student accommodation, on Thursday declared its intention to float on Euronext Brussels.

Aegon Bank, the subsidiary of the Dutch globally systemically important insurer Aegon, has set up a €5bn conditional pass through (CPT) covered bond programme that is registered with the Dutch central bank. A triple A-rated transaction is expected this year.

Senior loans bankers report they are working through the night to cope with the surge in Middle East loans, as even the Sultanate of Oman piled into the market to grab funding while it can. After all, the conditions will not last, writes Elly Whittaker.

With European credit markets having stabilised and many participants believing that the worst of the year is over, there has been an increase in index options selling this week, said traders.

Deutsche Bank is set to go on the road and market its first Cédulas Hipotecarias while DBS Bank of Singapore is set to market the first Asian covered bond in sterling

The steady flow of refinancing deals witnessed in the first half of 2015 has slowed to a trickle, but refinancing opportunities may continue from crossover names.

Halliburton jumped at the chance to wrap up its jumbo M&A financing, after the US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said that a rate rise in December was a ‘live possibility’.

RCI Banque, the finance subsidiary of Renault, kept the car industry's bond market revival going, by issuing a €500m no-grow bond on Thursday.

Peter Livanos, chairman of Antwerp-based shipping company Euronav, sold most of his stake in the business for €112m in a block trade on Wednesday night.

Société Foncière Lyonnaise (SFL) brought a €500m seven year offering to market on Thursday, bagging an order book over €3.5bn.

This week’s landmark conviction in a Chicago court of a high frequency trader for ‘spoofing’ and commodities fraud has delivered a chilling statement of intent by US authorities to other suspects in the firing line and cranked up nervousness across the markets.

Georgia Healthcare Group, Helios Towers Nigeria and Citadele Banka, three emerging market businesses now building books for London IPOs, are having to reckon with difficult market conditions.