Citi

Citi has kept the red hot Australian RMBS market going with a A$1.2bn ($860m) transaction that priced on September 11. And similar to Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) deal this month, Citi too was able to print a much bigger deal than initially planned.

Citi’s two recent high profile hires in European equity capital markets are part of a drive to rise up the league tables in European ECM, but rivals say Citi may need to lay out more balance sheet to achieve its aim.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co (SPDB) roared into the market on Wednesday, finding huge success with its debut $500m deal. The issuer managed to find the perfect window to execute its trade, tightening pricing aggressively but still ending up with a quality book.

Citi has appointed David Ratliff to the newly created position of head of public sector banking for Asia Pacific. The move is part of the bank’s strategy to combine corporate and investment banking alongside markets and securities services coverage of public sector clients in the region.

Citi has named Philip Drury as head of EMEA capital markets origination, following Michael Lavelle’s promotion to head of UK and Ireland corporate and investment banking.

Asian bond issuers have finally decided to venture back into the market with a trio of investment grade names opening books to dollar deals. Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim), Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Korea Development Bank are vying for attention in the first test of investor demand in three weeks.

Egypt’s Banque Misr is planning a loan for around $200m and will mandate lead banks next week, according to an official in talks with the bank.

Glencore is keeping its options open as to how it raises $2.5bn of fresh capital. The deal could come as an accelerated bookbuild or in another form, and the mining and commodities group has flexibility on timing.

Citigroup has hired Giacomo Ciampolini, the equity capital markets block trade specialist on Goldman Sachs’s syndicate desk. He will have a dual role as head of Italian ECM and working on accelerated bookbuilds.

Supranational and agencies could add to a small flurry of medium term notes in Colombian pesos in the coming weeks, said bankers, as a sell-off in the currency fuels demand from investors.

Barclays began marketing a multi-tranche Samurai trade on Monday, as some FIG bankers claimed European banks were still baulking at the new issue premiums being offered by US visitors to the euro market.

Prabhat Dairy limped over the finish line with its IPO, with the Indian producer of milk and dairy products pricing the deal at the bottom of the range after being forced to extend bookbuilding and drastically slashing price guidance.