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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has mandated banks for its inaugural bond, a five year dollar global benchmark.

UK security and outsourcing company G4S has sold roughly $350m of US private placements with seven and 10 year maturities, as the market shows it still has an appetite for UK support services.

Saudi Telecom Company has tightened price guidance for its debut international sukuk, a dollar 10 year that has already drawn a book of around $3.5bn.

Stephanie Sfakianos, BNPP’s head of sustainable capital markets, is retiring from BNP Paribas after 15 years with the bank.

Sirius Minerals, the London-listed miner, has won investor support in the equity financing leg of its new $2.8bn phase two project financing to fund the development of what is intended to be the largest polyhalite mine in the world in the North York Moors near Whitby.

The Manchester Airport Group, which owns Manchester, East Midlands and London Stansted airports, launched a £350m bond on Wednesday. In an investment grade corporate bond market that had otherwise been empty of new issues in the first half of the week, the deal was covered more than 3.5 times.

Saudi Telecom Company was on track to print its debut benchmark dollar Reg S/144A sukuk on Thursday, and after a week of roadshowing is leaning towards making it a 10 year bond, GlobalCapital understands.

Telecoms giant Altice announced a €2.8bn-equivalent dual currency high yield bond on Tuesday through Goldman Sachs. Along with the proceeds of the new notes, the group will spend €1.5bn to cut group leverage — a crucial move, as telecoms firms grapple with the high capital costs of preparing for the rollout of 5G technology.

Greg Guyett has shaken up the management of HSBC’s global banking division in a move aimed at streamlining coverage and boosting collaboration across divisions and products.

Public sector bond market participants expect Greece to return to the market next week for its third syndicated transaction of the year.

The head of FIG origination and syndication at NordLB has resigned and is understood to be heading for Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba), where he will have an expanded role.

Republican senator Lindsay Graham called for more sanctions on Russia over the weekend, but the threat of these sanctions seems to have become toothless, as foreigners' appetite for exposure to Russia and the rouble has increased in the last few months.