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Ukreximbank and Oschadbank’s Eurobonds rallied on Monday after Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance indicated that those bonds will not receive a reduction in the principle outstanding amount.

A pipeline of financial institution deals is assembling following the Easter break, with ING hitting the road for its additional tier one deal in three continents and Achmea announcing a senior unsecured transaction.

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration has increased the size of a $1bn loan it signed in late November to $2.5bn, by exercising the deal’s accordion feature.

Quiet secondary markets over the Easter weekend did not prevent Latin American credit from showing positive price action ahead of what bankers hope will be a strong window for corporate issuance to recover.

Investment bank Itaú BBA has hired Carlos Phillips as head of its debt capital markets business in Mexico as the Brazilian institution said that Mexican bond markets would be the next step in expanding beyond its home market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has devised a roadmap for restructuring and reorganising the country’s Islamic capital market.

Malaysian company Taliworks, which focusses mainly on water treatment, supply and distribution, has received approval to issue its first ever sukuk.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has devised a roadmap for restructuring and reorganising the country’s Islamic capital market.

Innovation in structured products is essential to customise clients’ needs in dynamic market environments, but issuers must weigh risks and education with additional product complexity, according to panellists at the Structured Products Americas-2015 conference in New York.

The overall credit default swap and interest rate derivative notionals reported to swap data repositories last week decreased by 22% and 30% respectively compared to the same week last year, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has urged US regulators to disregard recommendations that the asset management industry should be regulated like large banks.

The internationalisation of China’s capital markets, dollar/offshore renminbi currency volatility and northbound investment on the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme are driving more trading in renminbi currency futures, according to Hong Kong exchanges and Clearing Limited.