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The Belgian City of Mechelen has hit the capital markets with a long dated medium term note, its first print in a year.

Douglas Holding, the German perfumery chain, has enlivened the leveraged loan market this Monday, launching a €1bn deal that will contribute to its buyout by CVC.

Mercuria Energy Trading, the Swiss commodities group, has found strong support for a $2.65bn loan refinancing, but has not yet decided whether to increase the facility.

British Airways is refinancing $1.25bn of credit facilities in a deal that is separate from the €1.4bn loan its parent company, International Airlines Group, is using to buy Aer Lingus.

Only one high yield bond was being roadshowed in Europe today, and it was in Swiss francs — but that does not mean volatility in euro rates has disrupted the market, bankers say.

The impending meeting of Eurozone finance ministers this week, which is widely seen as the last chance for Greece to agree to a compromise on its debt deal, has brought the primary FIG market to a halt with both the buy and sell sides diving for safety.

Saudi Arabia’s new stockmarket regime, under which qualified foreign investors can buy stocks listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange directly for the first time, began on Monday, June 15.

Emerging markets dedicated funds were smacked by $9.2bn of outflows last week, with $800m of those outflows from emerging market bond funds, according to EPFR Global data.

Barclays has raided its own investor relations team for a new syndicate banker, who will work across fixed income products.

It’s a case of a high-profile issuer garnering support from equally eminent investors, as Legend Holdings, the conglomerate that owns Lenovo, launched its Hong Kong IPO that could raise as much as HK$17.5bn ($2.3bn).

Notebook maker Inventec Corp has increased the size of its latest fundraising to $480m. Ten banks are helming the deal, which saw the borrower push back for, and get a better bargain.

Ukraine’s Oschadbank has reached a reprofiling agreement with an ad hoc committee representing holders of its dollar Eurobonds.