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Two Brazilian lenders have concluded buybacks of subordinated notes, with Banco Votorantim easily passing its target and Banco BMG getting close.

Deutsche Bahn came to an empty corporate bond market on Wednesday, increasing its latest floating rate note from €300m to €400m, making the deal its largest eight year FRN.

In the lead up to the commencement of trading for short-term VIX options on Thursday, brokers and traders are scouring for signs of market appetite for the new contracts.

Amundi, the French asset manager formed of the merger of Crédit Agricole Asset Management and Société Générale Asset Management, on Wednesday took the first step towards a public listing in Paris.

A eurozone periphery sovereign drew a hefty book for an inflation linked benchmark on Wednesday, paving the way for other countries from the region to bring deals, according to SSA bankers.

Shares in Chorus Clean Energy began trading in Frankfurt on Wednesday as the solar and wind power plant operator finally achieved the IPO it had first launched, and failed to complete, in July.

A supranational issuer fell just short of full subscription with a four year dollar deal on Wednesday, as SSAs looked for favourable pricing opportunities with unconventional maturities and short dated floaters.

ICAP, the interdealer broker, has launched a euro interest rate swap index that it hopes will become the first of a series of market benchmarks for IRS, whose stature is similar to that held by Markit's iTraxx indices in the credit market.

An Asian issuer could be about to make its second visit to the socially responsible bond market, with its green offering appearing to have undergone a slight rebranding exercise.

A pair of banks, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, have made senior hires to their medium term note teams.

Glencore has warned of an increase in costs to existing loan facilities in the event of a credit rating downgrade from Moody’s or Standard & Poor's.

The European Central Bank has beaten a case against it by a group of Italian investors claiming damages over the 2012 restructuring of Greek debt.