Banks

China Everbright International raised HK$10bn ($1.3bn) from a rights offering last week, with the cash call oversubscribed by shareholders.

Shares in Investec, the Anglo-South African banking group, rose 8.7% on Friday after it announced that it had decided to spin off and list its asset management unit, following a strategic review.

Sumitomo Forestry, the Japanese forestry company that specialises in housing, became the first ever issuer of a green convertible bond this week, pricing a ¥10bn ($90m) five year zero coupon note.

CPPIB Capital hit screens for a new five year dollar benchmark on Friday, following trades in the same currency and maturity by Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and the African Development Bank on Thursday.

French polling and market research firm Ipsos issued its first public corporate bond on Friday, following an investor update, but the responses the company received on the call were inconclusive.

ING raised €3.5bn of senior debt from its holding company on Friday, having been met with a whopping €12.5bn of orders from investors.

Strong demand from bank lenders has allowed Health and Happiness International Holdings to bump up the size of its dual-currency loan to $450m-equivalent.

China Construction Bank raised S$300m ($219m) through its Singapore branch on Thursday, opting for a two year tenor to offset rising funding costs since its debut in the currency last year.

The Republic of Korea ended up with a peak order book of a whopping $9.5bn for its $1bn dual-tranche issuance on Thursday, as global market headwinds proved a boon.

A keepwell structure that offered a premium of around 50bp to investors allowed JIC Leasing, a subsidiary of China Jianyin Investment (JIC), to raise its full $500m regulatory quota on Thursday.

China Everbright Bank Co continued its push to reach more European debt investors this week with its debut green dollar bond, raising $300m.

The Cover and GlobalCapital held the annual Covered Bond Awards Dinner on Thursday night at BMW Welt in Munich, celebrating the best performers in the market.