Banks

Bank of China has notched yet another first in Asia’s debt market. The firm’s Hong Kong arm has raised Rmb1.5bn ($232m) from an offshore dim sum bond tagged as a ‘sustainable and smart living’ green deal, aimed at meeting the Mainland’s ambitious carbon neutrality goals.

Citi has named the leadership for its banking, capital markets and advisory business in Iberia. Meanwhile, it has also announced who is taking on Abraham Douek's responsibilities in DCM after he quit to join Santander.

Mister Spex, the German eyewear retailer, remained buoyant in trading on Friday after its €326m IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Kantonsspital Graubünden sold a successful debut bond on Thursday, surprising bankers as it slipped in before the summer break.

Macquarie sold its first group level bond in the Swiss franc market on Thursday, harnessing an “astonishing” number of investors to twice increase the size and land inside its euro curve.

Santander is preparing to make use of some attractive Australian dollar bond market conditions to sell the first bond from its new Kangaroo programme.

Prada, the Italian fashion house, has completed an amend and extend operation on its main bank revolving credit facility. Lenders say similar deals will make up the bulk of their business for the rest of the year.

NatWest Markets has created a new climate and environmental, social and governance (ESG) capital markets team, which will be led by Caroline Haas.

Some of Nomura’s senior Asia equity capital market bankers have resigned amid a host of other recent exits, GlobalCapital Asia understands.

Credit Suisse has hired a new head of debt capital markets for Australia.

Xpeng bagged HK$14bn ($1.8bn) this week from the first secondary listing in Hong Kong by a Chinese electric vehicle maker.

Renewable energy company Vena Energy was back in the bond market on Wednesday with a $175m tap of its debut green bond.