Banks

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FADB) appeared in the Swiss franc market on Thursday, selling five year bonds in an arbitrage driven transaction.

The queue of Chinese companies seeking Hong Kong IPOs continues to grow, with one firm looking for the regulatory greenlight, and another issuer reviving its listing plans this week.

Interest among Chinese companies to list in the US continues to remain strong, with personal finance company X Financial and internet firm Viomi setting the stage for their IPOs.

Three Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) priced dollar bonds this week, despite a recent default in the onshore debt market.

A pair of Chinese borrowers broke the lull in new loan syndications from north Asia this week, seeking a combined $450m from their latest fundraisings.

Belle International reeled in some five banks in general syndication for its HK$30bn ($3.8bn) loan, with several more commitments left to be processed before the deal is closed.

Czech company Atrium European Real Estate has said it is focusing on a seven year bond. That is the long end of the maturity range that had set for the note on Wednesday. But there are no signs yet of price guidance for the deal, which has already been postponed once.

Chinese technology unicorn Meituan Dianping is gauging appetite for its potential $4bn Hong Kong IPO, which has already received a large amount of interest from US investors. But there are challenges ahead, as the company faces down e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings. Jonathan Breen reports.

China Conch Venture Holdings has bagged HK$3.9bn ($500m) from its debut in the equity-linked market, riding on the back of its surging share price.

China Aoyuan Property Group was back in the offshore market on Wednesday for the fourth time in as many months, using a dual-currency transaction to settle the last $300m of its fundraising quota.

BBVA has hired an ex-Deutsche Bank emerging markets DCM banker for its corporate debt syndicate.

On Wednesday, UK contract catering company Compass Group joined the euro corporate bond market rush with a new 10 year tranche as well as selling a seven year sterling tranche.