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GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the preliminary shortlist of nominees for its Global Derivatives Awards 2016. Nominations are based upon market feedback and research conducted in recent months. Winners will be unveiled at a gala dinner in London in September.

Advent International this week sold a second chunk of its stake in Equiniti Group, the British payments firm, after the company posted positive half year earnings on Friday.

Santander brought UK bank debt back in front of dollar market investors on Monday, and bankers are confident more FIG borrowers will capitalise on strong demand to beat the rush in September.

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) of Malaysia is making a rapid return to the loan market, mandating two lenders for a £240m ($317m) new money trade.

Mizuho Financial Group is to establish a consolidated vanilla derivatives platform in London by combining Mizuho Capital Markets, a derivatives business, with Mizuho International, its securities and investment banking arm.

Just one week after it issued a €1bn 15 year bond in the euro market, Vodafone swooped for sterling on Monday issuing an £800m 33 year bond.

Johnson Control’s automotive business, Adient, on Monday began a roadshow for $2bn-equivalent of high yield notes, with a 17 strong group of bookrunners.

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Intercontinental Exchange has appointed a founding member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee as a director of ICE Benchmark Administration.

Affordable Housing Finance, a subsidiary of The Housing Finance Corporation, hit the sterling market on Thursday for a £191.4m tap that was more than twice subscribed.

Domino's Pizza Group, the franchise owner for Domino's stores in Ireland and the United Kingdom, has signed a new money revolving credit facility with three banks.

Uncertainty over the UK’s future following its vote to leave the European Union and the loss of its last triple-A rating failed to make any dent in demand for the first Gilt syndication since Brexit. Instead, the only real effect was the rock bottom yield at which the sovereign was able to issue.