Bank of America

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank has swerved another clash with compatriot Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten — also in the market but in dollars — to return to euros.

Legal & General PLC launched 30 year non-call 10 notes in the UK on Monday, giving investors their first taste of a sterling denominated tier two insurance deal since June.

Brian Moynihan, chairman and CEO of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, talked to GlobalCapital’s Toby Fildes.

Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city (SSTEC) and Rizal Commercial Banking Corp are both eyeing the offshore bond market, with the issuers hiring banks for their respective offerings.

China’s BeiGene is eyeing a listing on the Nasdaq, with the drug maker tapping three banks for a $100m IPO.

In this round-up, Moscow Exchange sees drop in RMB swap and spot trading in September, RMB denominated trade settlement reaches new record in Q3 2015, Taiwan RMB deposits see slight fall in September, HKEx plans launch of new RMB metal contracts, and BAML finds investor sentiment improved on China.

Markets may have contributed to falls in profits in the investment banking divisions of the US majors that reported third quarter results this week, but there were some silver linings among the clouds, including a year-on-year reduction in legal bills of billions of dollars between them.

Deezer, the French music streaming service, opened the book for its IPO on Thursday morning, as the autumn’s busy season of flotations continues to produce successes, failures and deals that get done at weakened terms.

After weeks of volatility and fractious executions in Europe's corporate bond markets, BHP Billiton has pulled off the biggest ever corporate hybrid bond sale, proving investors are open to buying even quite challenging deals, if they come with lashings of yield, writes Ross Lancaster.

The US investment grade market continued to show its resilience as a backlog of M&A related financings began to emerge amid improving market conditions.

Senior SSA bankers are fretting that situations such as this week's clash between two Dutch agencies, which drove one of the pair to pull its deal, could become unavoidable, writes Craig McGlashan.

Garfunkelux, the German debt collection company, on Thursday issued £795m of notes in the first sizeable European high yield issue for three weeks. Market participants are now eager to see if other issuers finally follow in its steps.