Credit Suisse

The party in Chinese high yield real estate bonds continued this week, with China Aoyuan Group, Zhenro Properties and Yuzhou Properties taking home $1.15bn between them on Tuesday.

Lenovo Group boosted the size of its debut convertible bond to $675m after a flood of investors turned out for the deal, according to bankers on the mandate.

Gefco, the French logistics company owned by Russian Railways, has kicked off pre-deal investor education (PDIE) for its flotation on Euronext Paris, reopening the IPO market in Europe in 2019.

Stephen Plestis, the former co-head of listed derivatives and OTC clearing at Credit Suisse, has become head of sales for the EMEA and Asia region at margin optimisation specialist OpenGamma.

On Friday, American data centre owner Digital Realty sold the first green corporate bond in euros of 2019, but investors did not have long to wait for the second one as Italian energy company Enel also chose to issue in the format.

South Korea’s third largest life insurer, Kyobo Life Insurance, has lined up three firms to lead its IPO, according to a source working on the deal.

IPO-hopefuls Metropolis Healthcare and Polycab India, a wire and cable manufacturer, are set to begin pre-marketing this month, according to a source close to the deals.

All eyes were on Sunac China Holdings on Thursday when it executed a deal that was six times covered at its peak. Despite the competition, Redco Properties Group also managed to walk away with a new bond, thanks to the flexibility of the 364-day format.

Better late than never. After a sluggish start to the year, international activity in the Swiss franc market finally began in mid-week when Westpac priced the first Australian covered bond in Swissies since a Sfr200m National Australia Bank (NAB) trade in January 2014.

Credit Suisse surprised its critics in 2018 by showing that, despite its pivot to wealth management, the European corporate finance business is robust and surprisingly well-diversified, writes David Rothnie.

Malaysia’s equity capital market is set for a dramatic rebound after an exceptionally quiet 2018. It promises to offer those investors that have been underweight on the country for a long time plenty of attractive opportunities to put their money to work, writes Christie Ou.

Anta Sports Products has launched its €2.2bn loan to back the acquisition of Amer Sports Oyj into general syndication, with HSBC joining the bookrunning group.