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Citigroup has hired Stephen Roti to head its global corporate equity derivatives team.

Poseidon Containers, the Greek shipping company, has suspended its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange, blaming unfavourable market conditions.

One bank has sent out invitations for a $200m refinancing being raised by Indian travel company Cox & Kings, according to two sources.

UK law makes it tough for authorities to prosecute banks over Libor manipulation, so individuals look set to bear the brunt of the criminal investigations, with the first successful prosecution handing former UBS and Citi trader Tom Hayes 14 years in prison.

HSBC’s second senior unsecured dollar benchmark of the year and a $1.25bn hybrid deal from Citi provided the highlights of a relatively quiet week for financial issuance in the US.

UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne picked Monday evening to sell a much-hyped 5.4% block of shares in Royal Bank of Scotland.

Despite a flying start to bookbuilding, the HK$11bn ($1.4bn) IPO of China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (CRSC) in Hong Kong eventually succumbed to the turmoil in China’s stock market, forcing it to price at the bottom of the range on August 1.

Two Formosa debuts from Korea Development Bank (KDB) and Citi have added to the flurry of issues in Taiwan's offshore renminbi bond market, taking volumes this year to Rmb28.2bn ($4.5bn), compared with Rmb20.8bn for the whole of 2014.

Despite a flying start, China Railway Signal & Communication Corp’s (CRSC) HK$11.03bn ($1.42bn) IPO in Hong Kong succumbed to the dramatic tumble in China’s stock market, forcing it to price the trade at the bottom of the range.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is sounding investors out for an upcoming covered bond that’s likely to hit the market as early as this week.

Chery HuiYin Motor Finance Service Co is seeking to list in Hong Kong via sole sponsor CICC. The automotive financing company filed a preliminary prospectus with the stock exchange on July 31.

China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (CRSC) has released price guidance on its IPO in Hong Kong, with the leads narrowing the range near the bottom to HK$6.50-HK$6.60 ($0.84-$0.85) a share.