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Brazilian low cost airline Gol is set to buy back more bonds after investors owning $21.191m of its existing 9.25% 2020s agreed to sell their notes as part of a tender offer launched on December 14.

GlobalCapital's list of European corporate bond issues in euros and sterling, with links to stories about the deals.

The Italian retail bond market is going through a major shake-up in which alternative investments are set to replace bank bonds among the securities of choice for Italian households. Tyler Davies reports.

A remarkable year of recovery has put Italian banks in a far stronger position to raise huge quantities of bail-inable senior bonds and clean up their balance sheets. By Tyler Davies.

Italy has weathered, with remarkable resilience, a turbulent year in European politics. While it still faces its own turmoils — an approaching parliamentary election in particular — its recovering economy and process of economic and political reforms have given investors the confidence to put money to work in Italian assets. The next 12 months will see the ECB reducing its quantitative easing programme and a host of new regulatory challenges, but the Italian treasury is confident that it, and the banks with which it works, will be able to adapt to the new challenges and opportunities 2018 holds.

GlobalCapital is pleased to reveal the nominations for its Loan Awards 2017. We thank all the voters and congratulate all the nominees. The winners will be announced at the Loans Dinner in London on February 7.

The truth about MiFID II, probably the most far-reaching reform of European equity capital markets for many years, will begin to be revealed on January 3, when market participants have to start implementing this huge new addition to the rule book.

Banca Carige's largest shareholder, Malacalza Investimenti, has subscribed for another €25m of shares in the bank, about 36% of those that were available to it under an option it held. This means Carige will raise €544m in its capital increase.

Nomura has hired Nihal Elkafrawi as head of client coverage for the Middle East and north Africa. She will foster cross-selling opportunities for global markets and investment banking, the bank said in a statement.

Sweden’s finance ministry is expected to receive in early January the report of a special commission it set up a year ago to consider how to promote green bonds, including the merits of the Swedish government issuing one.

The green OAT issuance programme of France involves a cost to the issuer, but this has so far been compensated for by the slightly cheaper funding France can get by issuing green bonds.

Mizuho Bank is preparing to sell the first ever Panda bond by a Japanese issuer, after picking three local banks to manage the deal.