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Société Générale has acquired futures assets at Jefferies Bache in a transaction which will wind down the Bache futures and commodities business at the firm.

Mexico’s funding head admitted to GlobalCapital that extending the sovereign’s euro-denominated curve to the 100 year point was not an “end in itself”, but said the deal was part of its broader external debt issuance strategy.

Shell’s £47bn agreement to buy BG Group has stirred up optimism among debt bankers that mergers and acquisitions in the EMEA region could at last take off, stimulating corporate funding needs.

North American Development Bank (NADB) attracted strong demand from Swiss investors for its first ever foray outside the dollar market on Thursday.

RCI Banque, the customer finance arm of French car maker Renault, on Wednesday issued a €750m 3.25 year floating rate note, continuing a run of issuance of short dated floaters by frequent issuers, which shows the product’s strong appeal to investors.

The strongest start to a year for Middle East loans since 2007 has left some bankers questioning whether the region can sustain the pace, but the deals keep coming.

Credit Suisse’s holdco paper proved as popular with Swiss investors as with euro buyers, allowing the bank to print the largest single tranche transaction in the currency from a financial issuer since January 2009.

A pair of public sector borrowers found that seven years was the sweet spot in dollars this week, after both printed strong deals.

Instituto Crédito Oficial is optimistic that a pre-Easter trip to Latin America — which boosted demand for its Brazilian real notes — will also increase demand for its dollar paper.

While the real risk of bank holding companies’ senior unsecured debt is still unclear, Credit Suisse’s blowout in euros this week shows how receptive yield starved investors can be to the product, writes Graham Bippart.

A trio of issuers on Thursday took very different approaches to what has been a tricky euro market for top rated issuers over the last few weeks.

Poor liquidity, fluctuations in premium costs, and longer completion times for mergers and acquisitions are driving investors to enter longer term options strategies.