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Troubled Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest failed to draw a quorum at a bondholder meeting on June 1 — part of a prolonged attempt to reprofile its debt.

Metalloinvest, the Russian iron miner, has obtained a €267m export credit agency agreement from international banks, but is still in talks on a separate syndicated loan.

Turk Eximbank is in the market for a one year refinancing but has added a two year tranche to the deal, say bankers.

Argentine government-linked issuers are eking out some level of market access despite the sovereign being in default, with the Province of Buenos Aires the latest to tap international bond investors.

MFB Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) has mandated for its first euro deal in four years, and kicks off investor meetings next week.

China Merchants Land has scooped $290m through a convertible bond priced well in its favour, as the presence of a standby letter of credit gave comfort to investors who viewed the notes as a safe bet. But the extent to which the CBs traded up following the deal seems to suggest that the issuer could have got away with more aggressive terms.

Akbank’s attempt to raise a $250m three year loan has received a strong response, say bankers involved, as details of the deal’s fee structure have emerged.

Lloyds Bank has been dealt a major blow in its bid to force a buyback of enhanced capital notes (ECNs) from retail investors, after a judge ruled against the bank on Wednesday.

The Gabonese Republic has picked banks for a dollar benchmark deal and starts a roadshow on Thursday.

Issuers in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector with funding to do in June face a tricky choice of whether to hurry up or wait until Greece has come to some agreement with its creditors.

Global asset manager Vanguard has followed up the decision by FTSE Russell to begin including Chinese A-shares in its emerging markets indices with an announcement on June 2 that it will give A-shares an initial 5.6% weighting in its Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.

Europe’s sunshine state may be about to default for the second time, but equity capital markets are fizzing with activity, and indices only a fraction off their post-crisis highs.