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The European Central Bank revealed on Thursday the agencies in its public sector purchase programme (PSPP) but in doing so may cause price distortion and primary market disruption next week.

Asian central banks’ appetite for Canadian dollars continued unabated this week, enabling World Bank to print its largest ever deal in the currency.

Macquarie Leasing will be chasing US demand for its first SMART auto transaction of the year, which will be denominated primarily in dollars.

The tier two market rocketed back into action after a nearly two week hiatus on Wednesday, with Santander Issuances and KBC Group hitting the undersupplied sector and quickly building bumper books.

Nordea took to the additional tier one market on Thursday for the second time, pricing the dollar Reg S portion of a triple tranche transaction at the joint lowest coupon seen in the asset class.

BNP Paribas and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) became the third and fourth non-Chinese banks to issue Basel III compliant tier two debt in the offshore renminbi market this week.

International Bank of Azerbaijan is leading a return to loans by Azeri banks, despite the recent steep devaluation of the country’s currency, the manat.

This week has been one of the busiest weeks ever for equity block trades in EMEA. Three more trades were launched on Thursday evening, as banks battle for market share and – sometimes elusive – profits.

Long a staple of European leveraged buyouts, lists determined by sponsors of institutions that are either allowed or prohibited from buying loans in the secondary markets are drawing the ire of investors.

A group of eurozone sovereigns whose yields were skyrocketing just a few years ago neared or hit record lows in secondaries on Thursday, ahead of auctions next week.

Fans of decaying meat and miscellaneous testicles would have been in their element last week at Íslandsbanki’s annual Icelandic cultural celebration Thorrablót.

The UK loan market is experiencing a run of property firms looking to extend financing, with two companies adding to last week’s British Land deal.