ANZ

Caja Rural Navarra is planning the first green covered bond of the year. It follows a trio of covered bonds issued by Australian banks and the first transaction to be issued from Nordea in more than a year.

The FIG primary market has largely remained quiet ahead of the US election on November 8, and some borrowers desiring funding have even sought ways around having to get caught up in its aftermath.

ANZ has undergone a number of changes since Shayne Elliot took over as CEO a year ago, raising questions about the bank's commitment to Asia. But ANZ has not given up its ambitions to be Australia’s most international bank and Asia remains a key part of that strategy, Farhan Faruqui, head of international institutional business, said this week.

A subsidiary of Chinese electro-acoustic product maker Goertek has approached banks for a $150m three year borrowing.

ANZ has poached a senior banker from Citi to be its new head of markets for Europe and America, effective at the end of November.

ANZ has moved a senior loan syndications banker to a new position to strengthen its leveraged and acquisition finance offerings in south and southeast Asia.

ANZ is selling its retail and wealth businesses in some countries in Asia to DBS as CEO Shayne Elliot continues to restructure the bank's operations outside of Australia. The bank says the move will allow to focus more resources on institutional banking but comes in the wake of decision to cut jobs in the division.

ANZ has hired Jason Lam as a director of credit sales based in Hong Kong, poaching him from Nomura.

Australia and New Zealand Bank has mandated leads for a European roadshow in what will be its first covered bond in two years, while Turkey's Yapi Kredi's first covered bond series was assigned a rating by Moody's.

Eurofima, Inter-American Development Bank and International Finance Corporation tapped their 10 year Kangaroo lines this week, raising a total A$180m ($136.8m), as Asian investors looked for yield from the Aussie market.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co snagged $1.5bn from a dual-tranche offering on Tuesday, as it opted for a slightly different structure to its past transactions.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co launched its second dual tranche dollar bond of 2016 Tuesday, following a global roadshow last week.