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HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co submitted a listing application to the Indian regulator on Friday, with as many as 10 banks managing the float, which could be worth Rp100bn ($1.5bn).

Cairn India Holdings, which signed up new lenders for a $651m borrowing in late July, has received commitments from two more banks.

Deregulation proposals from the US Treasury Department could be a blessing for foreign banks, which are struggling with trapped capital and costly restructurings in their US units — and falling further behind their thriving US competitors. But reform could be further away than ever, as the Trump White House staggers into self-inflicted crisis.

Macquarie has hired Ric Deverell as chief economist and head of macro research.

Goldman Sachs opened the Swiss market in the middle of the summer holidays on Thursday, selling the largest US financial Swiss franc bond in the last two years — a consequence, bankers said, of clever timing from a respected name.

Chinese live streaming platform YY tapped the US market this week with a block sale of American Depositary Shares (ADS), capitalising on a surging stock price. Bankers are preparing for a raft of similar block sales — as well as a growing list of US IPOs from Chinese companies. Jonathan Breen and John Loh report.

Indonesia’s Medco Energi Internasional has added $100m to its outstanding five non call three bonds from last week, bagging a total of $400m as Chinese investors continue to prove a receptive audience.

Credit Suisse’s head of equity-linked origination for Asia Pacific is retiring from the industry after 17 years with the bank, sources said.

Chinese real estate company Cifi Holdings printed its first perpetual bond on Tuesday, raising $300m. But although the company hit its target, it opted for an aggressive pricing strategy and orders plummeted from over $4bn to $1.1bn.

Chinese live streaming platform YY has raised $402.5m after taking advantage of a surging stock price to sell a block of its American Depositary Shares (ADS).

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings hit the market on Wednesday morning local time, marketing a new subordinated perpetual non call five fixed-for-life dollar transaction.

The spat between Qatar and its GCC neighbours has reared its ugly head in the capital markets, with the possibility of Abu Dhabi informally boycotting Qatari-owned banks on the table. But neither side is likely to really feel the pinch.