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Barclays has hired Barry Meyers, an executive director from JP Morgan, to be head of UK equity capital markets.

A eurozone periphery sovereign considering an opportunistic deal for this week is likely to have to wait unless talks between Greece and its international creditors bear fruit, said a head of SSA DCM.

Municipality Finance opened books for a long dated Kangaroo tap on Monday. It is the issuer’s first deal in the format this year.

Trafigura Beheer, the Dutch commodities trading group, has refinanced its flagship revolving credit facilities and increased the loan from $4.7bn to $5.3bn.

Dufry, the Swiss travel retail operator, is assessing which capital markets to use to finance its €3.6bn cash acquisition of World Duty Free, announced this morning.

The high yield market's selectivity towards new issues, despite the bullish pressure of quantitative easing, was highlighted again on March 27 when Touax pulled its deal.

AS Adventure, the Belgian branded outdoor and travel products retailer, is allocating its €245m acquisition loan this week, having kept pricing in line with initial guidance.

Land Securities, the UK’s largest listed commercial property company, has signed a five year loan for £1.3bn with two new banks in the syndicate.

Bulgaria has repaid a $1.5bn bridge loan to banks after issuing the largest ever euro bond from an emerging market sovereign earlier this month.

Indonesia has mandated banks for a Samurai bond, its second international offering of the year.

Malaysia’s Malakoff may set aside 60%-70% of its MR2.74bn ($744.16m) IPO for cornerstone investors as foreign funds shy away from the local stock market.

Poland on Monday announced a €1bn 12 year note, its first euro-denominated offering since January 2014.