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Pharmaron Beijing Co brought the first renminbi-linked but dollar settled convertible bond to the market in nearly five years this week, raising $600m from the dual tranche deal. Bankers called it a ‘smashing success’ and said the issue pipeline from the pharmaceutical sector is strengthening. Rashmi Kumar reports.

European lawmakers are introducing new rules and restrictions for banks in areas where supervisors could be far more effective acting on a case-by-case basis.

Asia’s equity-linked market has had a roaring year so far, with MicroPort Scientific Corp becoming the latest to add to the supply with its $700m debut convertible bond this week. The momentum is unlikely to fade anytime soon, as more issuers look for cheap money and get comfortable with the asset class, say bankers. Jonathan Breen reports.

Nestlé, the Swiss food company, landed its largest ever euro bond on Wednesday, close to or through fair value. But investors showed a strong preference for the shortest tranche after EU inflation turned out higher than expected this week.

Inside the office of Spondoolicks Emerging Market Bond Fund, May 24.

The Emirate of Abu Dhabi raised $2bn on Tuesday, in a deal that bankers said achieved one of the largest negative new issue premiums on any sovereign dollar investment grade bond so far this year.

Sovereign, surpranational and agency borrowers have endured a rough week in the euro market. Trust in the ECB’s support is flagging and inflation is threatening to return. It’s going to be a bumpy ride and issuers that can steer clear for now would do well to.

Shares in Coinbase plunged more than 10% at the open on Wednesday after the US cryptocurrency exchange operator sold $1.25bn of convertible bonds and suffered a serious outage of its platform that stopped many users from trading.

Amazon grabbed headlines by pouncing opportunistically into the market and pricing an $18.5bn bond this week that included a record tight spread over Treasuries on a sustainability-labelled two year note, but the bigger story was inflation fears skewing the curve steeper.

In the film 'Annie Hall', Woody Allen recounts two diners’ experience at a restaurant. “One of them says: ‘Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.’ The other one says: ‘Yeah, I know; and such small portions.’”

China’s ABS market had a burst of supply this week, with five auto loan finance companies announcing or pricing deals in a bid to get ahead of possible tighter monetary conditions onshore. But the diverse nature of the originators meant competition was of little concern. Addison Gong reports.

Deutsche Bank scored a blowout book with its first euro additional tier one since 2014 this week, as investors rewarded the issuer for progress on its turnaround plan. Banco Santander then gave the asset class another shake, with a deal split across euros and dollars.