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Saudi Electricity Company is asking to pay a margin of between 35bp and 50bp for a basket of up to $5bn of loans, according to a banker on the deal.

Akbank AG, the Frankfurt based subsidiary of Turkey’s Akbank, has completed a $205m refinancing and increased the syndicate to 19 banks.

Armenian financial Ardshinbank priced a $100m five year amortising deal on Wednesday, and became one of only a handful of CEEMEA borrowers in recent years to offer a 12% yield.

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) has closed its $3bn refinancing, with the deal oversubscribed despite what loan officials described as “aggressive” negotiations with banks.

Our table tennis tussle with BNP Paribas last week has inspired another potential battle on the ping pong table: Leak against Mizuho.

Central China Securities Co is placing out new H-shares in a deal expected to raise HK$2.53bn ($327m). The trade makes it the first Chinese broker to tap equity investors for funds since China’s stock market meltdown sent the region into a tailspin earlier this month.

ABN Amro has hit the yen market with a trio of chunky private medium term notes, its first deals in the currency in over a year.

Three Chinese issuers came out on July 23 with new bonds. China Oilfield Services (COSL) and China Minmetals launched bookbuilding for dollar offerings, while Capital Juda started taking bids for a offshore renminbi (CNH) bond.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has become the first Indian bond issuer in almost two months, successfully wrapping up its debut outing on July 22. Market observers welcomed the deal as it injected some much needed variety in the China-dominated Asian bond market, but its pricing was a point of debate.

Credit traders and strategists report growing interest among investors to trade iTraxx Crossover “tranchelets” — slices of the index’s 0%-10% equity tranche — amid a heightened focus on jump-to-default risk for European high yield names.

New guidance from the US Internal Revenue Service has left many tax advisers baffled about how to treat over-the-counter options on baskets of securities dictated by models.

Banca Popolare di Vicenza, the 150 year old Italian bank, has picked three banks to lead its initial public offering in Milan.