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UBS has named two global co-heads for its financial sponsors business, poaching one from Morgan Stanley and promoting another from within the bank

Sweden has mandated banks to run a benchmark in dollars, taking advantage of a clear window of issuance in the currency this week because of holidays in Japan.

The European Financial Stability Facility will have a tricky tenor choice for a deal window next week — if it chooses to use it at all, said SSA bankers.

Cyprus could hit the 10 year part of the curve later this year, after printing a seven year last week that was trading 20bp lower than its reoffer yield on Tuesday.

Eircom, the Irish telecoms company, has arranged an investor call for a €2bn amend-and-extend process on its loans, that will bring documentation into line with market standards.

Bankers are preparing the ground for the first Turkish covered bond with Akbank and Garanti Bank both lining up for issuance.

Higher outright yields caused by soaring Bund spreads are leading FIG investors into longer paper this week, as the euro pipeline defies wider uncertainty.

Emirates NBD has sold a trio of privately placed medium term notes, amid growing demand for MTNs from the region.

The Far-Eastern Shipping Co has extended the deadline for the buyback offer for its 2018 and 2020 bonds to Friday.

DP World, the container ports group, is roadshowing a dollar benchmark conventional bond issue this week via Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Emirates NBD, HSBC, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Société Genérale.

State owned China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group is venturing out to the dollar bond market for first time in history, opening books to a three year deal on May 5.

South Korea’s Shinsegae Group is making a rare return to the international bond market following an eight year absence, receiving bids for a 30 year non call five bond, which comes with a direct guarantee from Kookmin Bank (KB).