Credit Suisse

Aldermore, the UK challenger bank, was today due to close the book on its London IPO, having told investors orders under £1.92 a share risked missing out.

Investors poured into China Shanshui Cement Group’s $500m bond on March 4 as a more than eight times covered book helped the company end a three year hiatus from the market. But the strong reception was mostly the result of generous pricing, observers said.

China Shanshui Cement Group is making a return to the dollar market for the first time in three years, opening books to a five year non call three transaction on March 3.

Refresco Gerber, the Dutch juice and soft drinks bottler, will seek an Amsterdam listing, dashing hopes among leveraged finance bankers that the firm would favour a sale to private equity.

Golden Throat Holdings Group Company is planning a Hong Kong IPO this year, with the Chinese lozenges manufacturer having filed a preliminary prospectus with the regulator.

German cable company Unitymedia has continued its refinancing run in robust fashion, pricing €700m of 12 year non-call six senior unsecured bonds at 3.75% on Monday.

China Shanshui Cement has mandated three banks to arrange a series of investor meetings next week as the Chinese borrower seeks to issue its first dollar bond in almost three years.

Six European covered bond borrowers launched deals worth a total €5bn this week and, despite setting new spread records, all were easily digested and performed well.

UniCredit issued its inaugural conditional pass through covered bond on Thursday flat to where it would have priced a deal from its soft bullet programme.

The $445m fundraising for a resort project by Sri Lankan conglomerate John Keells has been delayed due to new rules following a change in the country’s ruling party.

Snacks and coffee maker Mondelez was one of a string of US companies to access the European bond market this week when it priced €2.6bn of euro and sterling bonds on Wednesday.

Unitymedia KabelBW, the German cable company, issued a €500m high yield bond on Wednesday — the only issue in the market since last Thursday, as companies prepare their financial results.