Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse has appointed Michael De Guzman, who joined the firm in May, as its country manager for the Philippines.

Greentown China Holdings and ENN Energy Holdings are courting investors for new dollar deals this week.

Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping group, on Tuesday led a fleet of new high yield bond deals carrying lower ratings than have been typical this year.

Leveraged loan investors have recently started to win victories on deal terms, but on Thursday French engineering firm Socotec brought confirmation that market conditions are still in favour of borrowers. However, another of this week’s deals underlined the fact that investors can sometimes succeed in getting better terms.

FIT Hon Teng has raised HK$2.67bn ($341.8m) after pricing its IPO near the midpoint of guidance following a flood of global demand, according to a banker close to the deal.

Credit Suisse has hired a banker for its Asia Pacific loan syndications team in Hong Kong.

Predictions that financial institutions would ebb as the mainstay of equity capital markets business after the major post-crisis wave of recapitalisations had been completed have proved premature.

Italian toll road operator, Atlantia, was the only issuer in the euro corporate bond market on Thursday. The €1bn 10 year deal could be used to finance Atlantia’s proposed acquisition of its Spanish rival Abertis.

Lotte Chemical Titan sealed the largest Malaysian IPO in nearly five years this week, raising MR3.8bn ($884.0m). But the deal was anything but pretty. After a bungled first attempt at building a book, the issuer was forced to return with a smaller offering and lower price range. Jonathan Breen and John Loh report.

China-based Hebei Construction Group is looking to raise between $200m and $300m through a Hong Kong IPO in the second half of the year, said a banker on the trade.

Two firms from China’s new economy sector, which are backed by technology companies Alibaba and Tencent, plan to tap equity investors for over $2bn in their Hong Kong IPOs.

A group of nine Chinese companies have received approval from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to sell international bonds.