Credit Suisse

Huge oversubscriptions for borrowers ranked from single A to triple C helped LatAm to its second busiest week of bond supply all year, before any potential deals on Friday. LatAm investors had been starved of new deals in February and saw patchy new issue activity in March.

French financials BPCE and Crédit Agricole took to the Swiss franc market this week to sell new seven year deals. Both trades were able to grow well beyond minimum targets, highlighting the strength of demand from Swiss investors for strongly rated banks remains high.

Berlin Hypothekenbank mandated joint leads on Monday for a euro Pfandbrief and a roadshow to explain its new ownership structure. The mortgage bank will be directly owned by the savings banks and will become an affiliate of Landesbank Berlin, rather than its subsidiary.

Swiss fasteners and fittings firm SFS launched a $600m IPO on Thursday. Bankers said investors should look beyond the company's unexciting business sector and instead revel in the firm's network of global relationships.

Human resources marketplace 51job.com is the latest in a line of Chinese technology companies to come to the US market, launching a $150m five year put three convertible bond.

Beijing based company Cheetah Mobile Inc., formerly known as Kingsoft Internet Software Holdings, has filed with the US regulator for a $300m spin-off.

Beijing based professional information technology education provider Tarena International priced a $138m IPO in the middle of the range, despite books that were multiple times covered.

Crédit Agricole will sell its first senior unsecured Swiss franc deal of the year on Wednesday afternoon, with syndicate bankers involved with the deal confident that it will grow beyond its minimum size target.

Lippo Karawaci is looking to make a return to the dollar market with an eight year offering as Indonesian names start to fill up the pipeline.

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national rail company of Kazakhstan, held a one day fixed income roadshow in Switzerland on Friday March 24. A bond issue from KTZ in Swiss francs would be the first in the currency from Kazakhstan.

Chinese real estate services company E-House will launch the $200m spinoff of its online business, Leju Holdings, as early as this week, according to a banker on the trade.

The world’s largest pork processing company has launched its jumbo IPO with a 28-strong syndicate, which could results in some disagreements, particularly as the valuations of comparable companies are so diverse, said bankers on the trade.