◆ Infrequent issuers achieve tight pricing... ◆ ...but lose a third of orders ◆ Investors may demand more NIP on deals from next week

Deals price tightly to Western European peers, with high-spread Icelandic banks performing the most

The country is one of the most vulnerable in EM to energy price shocks

◆ ING brings its first euro capital trade of 2026 ◆ Fair value debated ◆ ING's and Intesa's tier two deals were "not a competition"

◆ Mercedes-Benz prints its first euro public deal of 2026 ◆ Traton's debut green bond pays small NIP ◆ Both issuers tapped euro private placements this year

The winning institutions and individuals will be revealed at the awards dinner on June 17 in London

CIFC Asset Management has issued a CLO committing $145,000, alongside other deal parties, as a donation to the non-profit organization Black Girls Code to support racial equality. CIFC Funding 2021-IV is the deal that has inaugurated the 'CLO Initiative for Change,' a philanthropic program that plans to make a contribution to different organizations each year.

AGL Credit Management has issued a new CLO with ESG language, a $600m deal priced via Bank of America. The manager has committed in deal documents not to invest in certain sectors that do not meet basic requirements.

Grünenthal, the German opioid maker, has signed a €400m revolving credit facility, less than a month after making its postponed debut in the high yield bond market.

Investors in Latin America are growing increasingly concerned that social unrest in Colombia, where tax reform plans are in tatters and more than 40 people have been killed, is a sign of things to come, with sovereigns facing severe pressure as they attempt to improve credit profiles that have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet sovereign bond markets are seeing only modest, short-lived sell-offs, given the enormous liquidity still in bond markets.

In this round-up, the China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to ask companies to include separate chapters for corporate governance as well as environmental and social responsibilities in their annual financial reports, and three Chinese telecommunications companies will be dropped from the New York Stock Exchange after an unsuccessful appeal.

UBS has revamped its management of sustainability and appointed Michael Baldinger as chief sustainability officer. Last month it named Suni Harford, president of UBS Asset Management, as group executive board sponsor for sustainability and impact.

AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year

Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk

◆ First dollar benchmark from World Bank since October 2025 ◆ 'Remarkable' size and spread achieved ◆ IDA jumps through hoops to issue SEC exempt deal

New law expected to accelerate the dominance of professional landlords

Trade backed by lease, power purchase agreements as sector navigates regulatory changes

Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months

Growing worries about inflation and interest rate rises not putting investors off EM debt, yet

◆ British lender fixed spread and deal size from outset ◆ Order book closed at over two times the deal size ◆ Fixing terms enabled faster execution, the lender said

◆ Sterling trade was lender's third tranche of covereds this year ◆ 48bp was in line with fair value, a banker said ◆ Santander UK's first sterling covered since May 2025

US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions

The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East

Redwood will be a repeat issuer