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Euro benchmarks from the Gulf are rare but this is the right time for that to change.

One institutional investor sold a large volume of puts on the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond exchange-traded fund (HYG) Monday on the back of rising implied volatilities caused by prospective Federal Reserve rate hikes.

Auto Trader today opened the book on its London listing, as the firm’s private equity seller Apax aims to raise up to £1.25bn from the offering.

DFS Furniture had its first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange today, after pricing its £206m IPO, multiple times covered, on Friday.

Glencore, the Anglo-Swiss mining and commodities trading company, priced a €1.25bn six year and a €750m 10 year bond on Monday.

Aldermore, the UK challenger bank, was today due to close the book on its London IPO, having told investors orders under £1.92 a share risked missing out.

Luke Moranda, ex-managing director for clearing technology and global payments technology, Treasury services technology at JPMorgan Chase, has joined the Options Clearing Corporation as senior vice president and chief information officer.

Alpha Trains, the Luxembourg-headquartered European rolling stock leasing company spun out of Angel Trains, has mandated banks for a debut bond issue.

Kinder Morgan, the US oil and gas pipelines company, sold €1.25bn of bonds on Monday in its inaugural euro deal.

Giles Triffitt, the ex-head of operational risk at KPMG based in Edinburgh, has been hired as chief risk officer at Tullett Prebon based in London in a newly created role.

The Bank of England built an oversubscribed book on Monday for its traditional annual visit to the dollar market, as other issuers prepared deals.

The international bond market is full of colourful appellations, from Bulldog bonds to Samurais, Dim Sum to Maples – surely the market for US issuers' euro bonds deserves better than the title “reverse Yankee”?