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The European Securities and Markets Authority approved operational status for 10 central counterparties to operate in third countries as part of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.

Time Warner is the latest of several investment grade US companies to have hired banks for a euro bond recently, despite the high cost of swapping euro bond proceeds into dollars.

Low interest rates have helped fuel M&A activity, so it is no surprise that several large transactions have been announced in recent months. But it’s not always the market that determines deals.

Spanish hotel chain NH Hotels was set to sell on Thursday €200m of senior secured notes with initial price talk of 4.25%-4.5%, part of an aggressive debt reduction strategy.

BNP Paribas made an opportunistic move to price the tightest ever 10 year from a French bank on Tuesday. It was also the first 10 year covered bond issued in more than a month.

FIG issuers’ prospects in the dollar markets are looking up, as volatility, widening spreads and an unhelpful basis swap for non-euro funders risk driving borrowers from the euro market.

A sell-off in eurozone government debt this week has been exacerbated by a lack of secondary liquidity, bankers said — potentially foreshadowing trickier times to come for SSAs.

Bank of Ireland paid a decent 3bp-4bp new issue premium for its seven year covered bond on Tuesday. Despite that, it was the issuer’s least subscribed deal since 2012.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank, which raised $600m at the short end of the dollar curve on Thursday, is considering the currency for its next green effort.

Car wheel maker Uniwheels' stock will begin trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on May 8, after it successfully allocated its initial public offering on Wednesday.

Busy Bee, the UK nursery and early education provider for under-fives, aims to allocate its £210m refinancing loan by Thursday afternoon, with pricing tight but not too aggressive.

After Haversham Holdings bought British Car Auctions in April, the result of its merger, BCA Marketplace, has launched a £300m post-IPO refinancing loan.