Banks

Chinese software firm Duiba Group covered the book for its up to HK$900m ($114.7m) IPO on Tuesday morning, just hours after launch, according to a source close to the deal.

Chilean pulp and paper company Celulosa Arauco y Constitución is likely to perk up the Latin American bond markets this week as it weighs up the sale of new bonds to finance a tender offer.

Nai Yu Goh, a former loans banker at ANZ, has joined Barclays' loan syndicate desk, according to a source familiar with the matter.

JP Morgan has appointed Jennifer Piepszak as its chief financial officer, replacing Marianne Lake, who will now run consumer lending.

NatWest Markets has hired an experienced covered bond trader from Nomura. The move is the latest example of staff swapping between the two firms, but also underscores the UK’s bank ambitions plans.

Three Chinese property companies courted high yield dollar investors on Wednesday, raising a combined $827m.

Melco, the casino operator, played its US investor cards on Wednesday to build a $500m bond sale.

Santander’s S3 business is set to join up with Crédit Agricole’s CACEIS, as the two banks look to merge their custody and asset servicing operations, a growing area of revenue for banks.

Mainland property developer Times China Holdings has raised HK$1.57bn ($200.2m) after boosting the size of an overnight top-up placement.

Chinese company Hollysys Automation Technologies withdrew its planned follow-on share offering on Wednesday.

Just one Latin American issuer comprises the visible new issue pipeline, though bankers say market conditions continued to be favourable during the short working week.

The US Federal Reserve’s more dovish than expected stance this year triggered the return of Latin America’s largest telecoms company to the dollar bond market after an eight year absence, the group’s chief financial officer told GlobalCapital.