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Earnings growth in Europe appears to be slowing with a number of corporates missing estimates as they report their latest numbers — increasing the chance that issuers will need to turn to equity markets to raise primary capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High grade bond markets have made a flying start to the year, defying the expectations of a bear market in fixed income following the end of the European Central Bank's asset purchase programme and tightening of monetary policy in the US. Instead of the expected cautious tone, investors have been fuelling record order books, big deals and strong performance in the secondary markets, write Burhan Khadbai and Nigel Owen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corporates and financial institutions are planning to issue bonds linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), according to a US rates analyst. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chinese Panda bond market has just passed the one year anniversary of its comeback in September 2015 with the asset class attracting plenty of attention. While market participants are expecting the exuberance to continue, credit reforms are needed in order to diversify the investor base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Argentine electricity generation company Albanesi raised $250m of seven year non-call four bond paper on Wednesday in the highest-yielding issue to have emerged from the country this year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chinese Panda bond market has gone from strength to strength since its revival last September with the Province of British Columbia (BC) becoming the latest to issue, raising Rmb3bn ($456m) on Thursday. While plenty more sovereign and financial deals are being lined up, the future does not look bright for red chip companies. Carrie Hong and Rev Hui report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Though financial institutions and public sector entities were busy issuing bonds on Tuesday, corporate issuance was quiet, despite the success of the only two trades so far this year and increased confidence that European markets can cope with Asia's difficulties for the moment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Reserve Bank of India has come out with a new framework for raising offshore debt, with one of the rules preventing non-banking financial corporations (NBFCs) from issuing anything other than rupee denominated debt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]