Banks

Hong Kong's CK Asset Holdings, previously known as Cheung Kong Property Holdings, marketed a dual tranche deal worth $600m on Wednesday.

Chinese property company Leading Holdings Group has made its debut in the dollar market with a sub-one year bond.

European companies piled into the bond market on Wednesday with a variety of deals that favoured duration, as buoyant sentiment returned after being sapped by the US Federal Reserve last week.

UK firms Anglian Water and care home company Assura ducked into the sterling bond market on Wednesday, ahead of the Bank of England meeting on Thursday, and both obtained comfortable oversubscription on their benchmark deals.

Orange, the French telecoms company, launched €1.5bn of conventional bonds in two tranches on Wednesday, as the company’s group treasurer said he was waiting for the sustainability-linked bond market to mature before joining the quickly growing debt niche.

UniCredit revealed the mandate for its debut green bond on Wednesday, which is set to be launched following the completion of a three day roadshow.

NatWest jumped into a dollar market in search of additional tier one (AT1) paper on Wednesday morning, as investors shrugged off short term volatility to open their "deep pockets".

James Marriott is joining Wells Fargo in a senior debt capital markets role this autumn after he resigned from NatWest Markets, where he was head of DCM and advisory for financial institutions and sovereigns, supranationals and agencies.

Rabobank ended a two year absence from the Kiwi dollar market this week to raise short dated liquidity. Meanwhile, in the Australian market, credit issuance is picking up ahead of the end of the local financial year.

The Republic of Slovenia was selling its third bond of the year on Wednesday — a debut sustainability offering. The sovereign, which many investors categorise alongside western European investment grade sovereigns, was set to price the deal tight.

Polyester producer Sasa has placed the first convertible bond by a Turkish listed issuer, raising €200m, as the asset class continues to grow in popularity.

Singapore-based agriculture company Olam International is tapping shareholders through a rights issue, to raise S$601.7m ($447.2m) to repay debt from a recent acquisition.