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Panama bucked the Latin America sovereign trend for 30 year debt last week with a 10 year deal as it pruned its debt servicing costs.

Emirates, the airline, is holding calls with potential accounts ahead of its UK guaranteed international sukuk, but is unlikely to hold a formal roadshow, said bankers on the deal.

Malaysian baby product and clothing manufacturer Asia Brands has sold its first ever sukuk.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has launched a new 100% capital protected note aimed at investors looking for exposure to emerging market equities, the bank said on Monday.

Omani based lender Ahlibank has hired Yousuf al Rawahi as deputy general manager for retail banking, an official at the bank told IFIS.

Budget cuts and falling oil revenues may push Ecuador into printing a five or seven year bond to keep its costs down in a deal expected as early as this week.

Clearing houses are being forced to re-evaluate margin requirements and costs thanks to persistent incongruences in national jurisdiction rules for central counterparties.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the Canadian drugs company, sold the largest syndicated high yield bond in the healthcare sector on record, according to Dealogic, and also the largest Canadian syndicated high yield bond on record across all sectors.

APT Pipelines, the Australian oil and gas pipeline company, issued €2.19bn equivalent of euro and sterling bonds today - an unusually big and complex corporate bond for a Friday.

Revolution Bars, the UK chain of vodka and Cuban-themed bars, floated in London on Friday March 13, after pricing its £86m IPO at the bottom end of a 200p-240p range.

Afren, the London-listed, Africa-focused oil exploration company, has heralded its initial agreement with a group of lenders and bondholders as the only way to avoid default.

Beijing Infrastructure Investment printed its first ever euro bond on March 12, raising €500m ($529m) with a three year transaction.