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The corporate bond market is preparing for a new wave of issuance after Greece reached a tentative agreement with its creditors on Monday morning. But deals are likely to depend on the Greek parliament approving the agreement.

The UK Debt Management Office has finalised details on the timing and tenor of what will be its second syndication of the 2015-16 financial year.

A supranational is set to become the first European SSA to bring a syndication after Greece reached a deal with its creditors on Monday morning — but will steer clear of euros.

Italy’s medium to long term yields fell at auction for the first time in four months on Monday, as Greece struck a deal with its creditors — but there could be even greater gains ahead for the eurozone periphery.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has returned to the Kangaroo bond market with a 10 year tap, less than a week after it added to the same line.

US speciality chemical products holding company Platform will buy UK firm Alent for £1.35bn using a $1.9bn bridge loan from Credit Suisse.

The charts and information included in the following pages have been extracted from a piece published by Morgan Stanley’s European Banks Research team on May 20, 2015 entitled ‘AT1 – The Investor Base’. The research piece was published on the back of an AT1 survey conducted independently by Morgan Stanley’s Fixed Income Research department in April 2015. The extracts included here are for illustrative purposes only and selected to provide a recent perspective of the AT1 investor base. For the avoidance of doubt, these information points do not constitute Morgan Stanley Research and should not be considered as a Morgan Stanley research publication.

Banque de France (BdF) is working with the financial sector to ready the market for the China International Payment System (CIPS) launch later this year, and has told GlobalRMB that the progress of the RMB means that inclusion in the IMF's SDR basket is simply a matter of "when and how".

An 11th hour deal to avert a Greek exit from the eurozone had FIG borrowers eyeing the primary market again on Monday, but investors remain cautious and will have the upper hand on pricing.

African Export-Import Bank has named the banking group Afreximbank for its completed syndication of a $458m and €406m dual tranche term loan, its largest ever.

Latin American primary bond supply should pick up in the next couple of weeks after eurozone leaders unanimously agreed to a new bailout package for Greece, say DCM bankers.

Barwa Real Estate (BRE), the Qatari real estate company, has received $175m in Shariah-compliant financing from the International Bank of Qatar.