Banks

US telecoms giant AT&T has historically used the sterling corporate bond market for longer dated issuance. However, on Thursday, it sold an eight year deal in the currency – its shortest tenor in sterling since 2009.

US firm Medical Properties Trust has signed a €655m secured financing package as the real estate investment firm enters into a European joint venture with France’s Primonial Group.

Amadeus, the Spanish IT company that provides systems for the air travel industry, sold its fourth deal in as many consecutive years on Thursday. The new deal was its first multi-tranche offering and the eight year tranche was the longest the company had offered to date.

Latvia has completed its 2018 funding programme with a €350m dual tranche deal, picking up the rest of the cash it was unable to raise in May.

Credit Suisse was able to rack up more than $8bn of demand for its additional tier one deal on Wednesday in the face of jittery equity markets, as Rabobank had done the day before.

The Asian follow-on and block markets saw two transactions in Chinese healthcare names this week that raised a total of $250m.

Nomura hires two in HK — Credit Suisse names north Asia syndicate head — StanChart appoints global commercial banking chief

Two Chinese companies, Grand Baoxin Auto Group and Xinyi Glass, are tapping the offshore loan market for new financings.

Hong Kong IPO hopefuls rushed to file their draft prospectuses with the city’s bourse this week, as the window closes for a launch before the end of the year.

Chinese technology giant Xiaomi Corp, which recently floated in a landmark IPO in Hong Kong, is seeking lenders’ approval to slash the price on a $1bn loan closed last year.

Qutoutiao and 111 have launched their respective IPOs on the Nasdaq this week, while Liulishuo has headed to New York for a listing.

Two senior bankers have joined Nomura as managing directors on the China investment banking and Asian healthcare teams, according to two memos seen by GlobalCapital Asia.