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Beneath listless summertime stock market trading, options markets continue to signal increasing worry.

Poseidon Containers, the Greek shipping company, has suspended its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange, blaming unfavourable market conditions.

The rapid growth of the green bond market has stalled in the year to date, a report suggests, but bankers are hopeful that new sources of supply could open up before 2016.

Rumours surrounding mergers and acquisitions and an unsuccessful attempt to modify a coupon step-up clause failed to dampen investor demand for Intercontinental Hotels Group's bond issue on Friday.

UK self-storage company Safestore has amended around £255m of loans, reducing margins by 75bp as part of the firm's push for balance sheet flexibility.

Greek yields fell on Monday as fast as headlines appeared suggesting a deal could soon be reached on a third bail-out package for the country. But bankers are still wary of a last minute disaster.

Korea EximBank is eyeing the midpoint of the maturity curve for a return to the Kangaroo bond market, as other public sector issuers tap the long end in the format.

Shares in Abengoa, the Spanish renewable energy developer, jumped initially today after it won a €600m contract, but bondholders have not yet felt any relief from the distressed levels at which its notes are trading.

ING Bank launched a dual tranche benchmark in dollars on Monday morning, as the currency continues to provide a funding outlet for European banks.

Nigeria’s Skye Bank is looking for a one year loan led by Dubai's Mashreqbank, according to a loan banker.

BNP Paribas is set to print its second additional tier one (AT1) trade just two months after its debut, after announcing plans for a dollar denominated sale on Monday.

Russia’s Lukoil has signed a $440m syndicated loan with four commercial banks, as part of $1bn of loans backed by development banks.