Bank of America

India's Quick Heal Technologies wrapped up investor meetings for its $70m-$80m IPO last week and plans to open books in mid-February, according to sources.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has completed a plan that has been in the works for 18 months, by promoting James Fleming and Sam Losada to co-heads of EMEA ECM.

Lower litigation costs helped Bank of America's wholesale business in the fourth quarter last year, but profits took a hit as the bank built its reserves against losses on its energy lending.

Equity capital market bankers are finding it hard to feel optimistic about this quarter. By close last night, European stocks had already fallen 8.8% so far this year, and few deals had been launched.

Tata Steel's $1.5bn refinancing has been launched into general syndication after a senior phase that began in early December.

South Korea’s KEB Hana Bank has gone live with the first international bond since its merger, launching a dollar deal on Wednesday morning.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) is the first SSA borrower this week to brave the dollar bond market as tricky conditions in other markets make life tough for issuers.

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group, the UK mid-sized bank being spun off by National Australia Bank, has set the price range for its London IPO at a level that it hopes will prove compelling to investors in spite of market volatility.

IDBI Bank’s top management are doing the rounds with investors as they try to drum up interest for a Rp38bn ($561.3m) qualified institutional placement.

Chinese company Haier has enlisted three lenders to fund its $5.4bn acquisition of Kentucky headquartered GE Appliances.

Ascential and Countryside Properties this week swelled the ranks of London’s declared IPO hopefuls, which already included CMC Markets and CYBG, as the UK ramps up to what is expected to be a busy IPO season.

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $46bn seven tranche bond issue this week defied expectations that the brewer would have to pay up to finance its takeover of SAB Miller. InBev took out nearly two-thirds of its acquisition financing in one go.