Banks

Manfred Knof's appointment to succeed Martin Zielke as Commerzbank chief executive has been welcomed by market participants, ahead of an expected strategy update at the German bank.

South Korea's Big Hit Entertainment, the talent manager behind globally-popular boy band BTS, has sealed the country’s largest listing in three years as investors continue to flock to Korea's IPO market.

Singaporean agribusiness Olam International has become the latest borrower in the country to offer a loan linked to the Singapore overnight rate average (Sora), a new benchmark.

JD Health International, the healthcare unit of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, has submitted an IPO application to Hong Kong’s stock exchange.

BP has priced the largest corporate bond buy-back ever conducted in Europe, acquiring $4bn worth of eight euro and sterling bonds, as it deploys the cash it hauled in with its $12bn hybrid capital issue in June.

Skipton Building Society found a window to launch its debut non-preferred senior bond in the sterling market on Friday, ahead of what could be a tricky fourth quarter for UK borrowers.

The Kingdom of Morocco raised a €1bn bond on Thursday, which was priced wider than some analysts' fair value estimates. Market conditions, bankers said, are deteriorating ahead of expected volatility in coming months.

Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the London-listed investment trust focused on music royalties, has concluded its latest share sale, raising £190m, less than its £250m original target.

After a week without deals, the primary euro public sector bond market will see a return of activity next week with Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia preparing to bring sustainable deals in the currency.

China Yangtze Power has raised $1.8bn from a smaller-than-expected offer of Global Depositary Receipts in London, sealing only the third listing through the London-Shanghai Stock Connect scheme.

Bank of America and Toronto Dominion tapped into investor demand for bonds linked to environmental, societal and governance (ESG) projects this week.

China’s Minth Group, an auto parts company, has closed its debut loan at a bigger size of $200m.