UniCredit

A pair of issuers printed at the two maturity extremes of what is possible in euro benchmarks this week, as the European Central Bank's governing council on Thursday held back from any dramatic announcements that would have opened up a wider range of issuance possibilities.

Spanish telecoms provider Telefónica latched onto the swell of investor demand for riskier corners of the European investment grade corporate bond market on Thursday as it issued a €1bn hybrid bond.

SIG Combibloc, the Swiss packaging firm owned by Onex, launched its second repricing request on its leveraged buyout loans with a lender call scheduled for Thursday morning New York time, as replies were due on Armacell's own repricing.

Ukrainian food oil producer Kernel received oversubscription of about 40% in its latest $300m pre-export finance facility but chose to keep the loan at the target size.

US metal packaging manufacturer Crown Holdings on Thursday priced a dual currency note that will refinance its loans.

GlobalCapital announces the results of its first full scale, standalone set of Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards.

European Investment Bank received a warm welcome on Wednesday for its fourth euro benchmark outing of the year.

The European Investment Bank will on Wednesday tackle a part of the euro curve where Finland drew a strong book last week, as the European Financial Stability Facility made light work of its funding needs for the third quarter.

Glencore, the Anglo-Swiss commodity trading and mining company, returned to the euro corporate bond market on Tuesday for its first issue since its secondary spreads widened dramatically almost a year ago.

Türk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) and Vakifbank have adopted margin ratchets in their latest loans as a swathe of Turkish banks face ratings downgrades.

Saipem, the Italian oil services company, on Thursday priced €1bn of unsecured bonds in a high yield market still looking at a thin pipeline.

Turk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) has signed a $567m loan, led by seven bookrunners, which includes the same margin ratchet as other Turkish banks Akbank and Vakifbank.