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The equity 0% to 10% tranche of iTraxx Crossover this week came under selling pressure amid a gapping out of some of the already weaker credits, with Abengoa leading the rout and now vying with Norske Skog to be the index’s riskiest constituent.

Covered bond supply picked up sharply in July and the outlook for the remainder of the year now looks distinctly brighter.

Gazprom Marketing & Trading’s (GM&T) $500m credit facility was launched at $350m and increased to $500m after strong demand from banks, including a number of Asian names.

Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, the Florence based banking foundation, sold a chunk of Intesa Sanpaolo shares on Tuesday in a block trade managed by Goldman Sachs.

Greece’s bond yields dropped on Wednesday morning as the sovereign’s government works to agree a third bail-out package.

Paragon Group, the UK buy-to-let mortgage financer, is eyeing its third ever sterling denominated retail bond, adding to a recent surge of issuance in the currency.

Swedish Export Credit Corporation made a rare appearance at the long end of the Australia’s Kangaroo market on Wednesday.

Belgian and German medical diagnostics provider Amedes bought some investors who had initially declined the €525m loan back into the fold this week as deal supply fell.

Russian oil company Lukoil is bringing forward another rare Russian loan by syndicating the $500m tranche of a $1bn loan, which is due to close imminently according to bankers.

CVC Capital Partners’ Cerved Group, an Italian credit information provider, will call €530m of bonds in January 2016, funded by a €660m loan, which will make the firm interest savings.

RBS chose a dual tranche debut in additional tier one (AT1) on Wednesday, and some bankers think the bank’s improving debt story has helped it pay a smaller pick-up than others for a 10 year call.

KazMunaiGas Trading — the trading arm of Kazakh oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) — is in discussions for a syndicated loan for at least $1bn, according to bankers.