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South African firm Naspers opted for a 10 year tenor for its first deal in two years. Debt bankers away from the deal applauded the decision, but could not agree on the premium the deal offered.

Yong Rong Global Excellence Fund managed to navigate choppy market conditions in Asia’s equity capital markets to exit Bloomage Biotechnology in a HK$231.5m ($30m) block on Monday evening, wooing investors eager to take a position in the company at discounted levels.

No sooner had the first tentative signs appeared of an agreement over Greece's debt crisis than the Asia ex-Japan primary debt capital markets finally woke up to some action from a trio of deals.

A supranational is set to become the first European SSA to bring a syndication after Greece reached a deal with its creditors on Monday morning — but will steer clear of euros.

The new chief executives at Deutsche Bank and Barclays have plenty of challenges ahead. Internal bureaucracy could well be the biggest.

Barclays has promoted Jon Pratt to the newly created roles of head of banking, Hong Kong and chairman of global finance, Asia Pacific as part of the bank’s efforts to merge its bonds and loans teams, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Issuance of US-style private placements from UK universities has in recent years been limited to a couple of deals a year, but with four already in 2015, including one this week, bankers are predicting a steady flow for the rest of the year, writes Elly Whittaker.

All political careers supposedly end in failure, but the same seems to be true of investment bank chief executives.

South Africa firm Naspers surprised some debt bankers by positioning itself to pounce on a calm market, if such a market appears. The company is taking a dollar bond on a roadshow, which would be the first test of EM new issue premiums in almost a month.

South Africa firm Naspers surprised some debt bankers by positioning itself to pounce on a calm market, if such a market appears. The company is roadshowing a dollar bond, which would be the first test of EM new issue premiums in almost a month.

Nomad Foods, the renamed cash shell Nomad Holdings that has bought Iglo Birds Eye, raised around $321m of new equity on Wednesday in an accelerated bookbuild.

The Barclays board this week ejected chief executive Antony Jenkins amid concerns that Barclays is not delivering fast enough growth. John McFarlane, who came in as chairman in April, has taken over as executive chairman while the bank searches for a new CEO.