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Deutsche Bank's co-heads of corporate finance in Asia, Venky Vishwanathan and Doug Morton, have both been placed on leave in what market sources say are unconnected circumstances.

Immofinanz, the Austrian property company, has secured a €300m loan from UniCredit Bank Austria and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank to refinance its Vienna property portfolio.

Investors have fought back against the tide of leveraged loan repricings, forcing printing ink maker Flint Group to keep pricing at the wide end of guidance on its €1.5bn transatlantic deal.

Terex, the US maker of lifting and materials handling machinery, has set out price guidance for a €199m loan repricing that will bring its margin into line with Terex's dollar term loans.

Bank of Sharjah is starting roadshow meetings for a dollar Reg S benchmark bond on May 21.

Bank Dhofar has released "attractive" initial price guidance of 7% yield area for the first ever Omani tier one capital bond. The perpetual deal is callable after five years, and its size is capped at $300m.

Credit Suisse was printing its second slab of holdco debt in as many days on Tuesday, but was doing so in sterling as the European Central Bank sent Bund yields tumbling.

Polyus Gold has announced a consent solicitation to tweak the covenants in the documents for its $750m 5.625% 2020 bond.

Shanghai Electric Group Company (SEC) has started taking bids for what will be the company’s debut euro-denominated bond.

Hyundai Innocean and Mirae Asset Life Insurance have passed their respective listing hearings with the Korean regulator, adding a dash of excitement to what has been a quiet period in Korea’s IPO market so far this year.

A European agency has firmed up plans to enter the green bond market, with an inaugural deal set for later this year.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)’s Dubai branch wrapped up a stylish debut on May 18, selling a $500m five year bond. Encouraged by its success, ICBC Singapore opened books for a three year dollar bond the very next day.