Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse has appointed Andy Lipsky and David Wah co-heads of investment banking and capital markets for the Americas, a new regional management role for the bank.

ANZ appoints head of south, SEA DCM — CS makes senior hires — ING Asia banker retires — Former equity-linked banker heads to SHK — BAML Apac M&A team sees changes — Guan tipped for top M&A role at Deutsche — Haitong International names executive director

The Swiss franc bond market saw its first Matterhorn –– a foreign deal of Sfr1bn ($1.02bn) or more — of the year on Wednesday, and the first from a BBB issuer, as Verizon Communication raised Sfr1bn with its debut. It was a sign that Switzerland has once again become an attractive destination for international borrowers, writes Silas Brown.

China Feihe filed a listing application in Hong Kong on Wednesday, four years after it was taken private from the New York Stock Exchange.

FIT Hon Teng has refiled for an IPO in Hong Kong after shelving the deal last year due to poor investor demand, returning with the same three sponsors.

VPBank Finance, the consumer finance arm of state-owned Vietnam Prosperity Bank, has raised the size of its syndicated loan to $150m. The deal was initially signed at $100m late last year, with the amount now increased after more banks came in.

Tradeweb Markets, the provider of OTC derivatives trading platforms, has signed up a number of big banks to its Approved Publication Arrangement service, it said on Monday.

Verizon Communications will meet Swiss investors on Tuesday afternoon to discuss an inaugural Swiss franc bond.

Star Energy Geothermal has wrapped up its $660m dual tranche loan with 13 banks, following a three month syndication. The money was partly for the company’s purchase of a stake in Chevron’s Indonesian assets.

Credit Suisse has named Tsunehiro Watabe as senior adviser in Japan to drive the Swiss firm’s focus on entrepreneurs and its integrated wealth-plus-investment banking product.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Dubai branch is out on Monday with a dual-tranche floating rate transaction, while logistics group ESR is meeting fixed income accounts in Hong Kong and Singapore this week.

The head of Greater China healthcare in the investment banking division of Nomura has left the firm for Credit Suisse, said sources.