Credit Suisse
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Crédit Agricole’s Swiss subsidiary sold its first structured covered bond in Swiss francs on Wednesday. The bond was issued under a new programme that differentiates it from covered bonds issued by its parent bank under French law in the Swiss market.
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Supply and demand for senior financial institution bonds was lukewarm this week, as issuers and investors favoured higher yielding products amid healthy market conditions. FIG deal arrangers are predicting that the trend is set to continue and that issuers will favour capital trades.
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Instone Real Estate, the German property company, has unveiled plans for a €182m rights issue to finance an acceleration of its growth strategy.
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European banks spied further opportunities in the dollar market this week, even as many in the sector turned their attentions back to their home currency.
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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng raised $1.5bn this week, after increasing the size of its US listing and pricing it above the marketed range.
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Credit Suisse has named Carsten Stoehr as the head of its newly-created Asia Pacific strategic products (ASP) team, adding another job to a veteran banker who already runs Greater China.
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Activity in the financial institutions bond market has picked up this week after a long pause in euro supply. Danske Bank and Belfius Bank were among the names looking to capitalise on the improving market conditions on Wednesday.
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Road King Infrastructure found strong support for its high yield dollar deal on Tuesday, gathering $2bn of orders for a $300m transaction.
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Chinese internet and data centre services provider 21Vianet Group has raised $352.8m from a primary issue of its Nasdaq-listed stock.
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Daniel Hunziker has been appointed head of institutional clients at Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, replacing Michael Sager.
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21Vianet Group, a Chinese internet and data centre provider, is tapping equity investors with a follow-on offer of new American Depository Shares.
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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng has hit the road with its $1.1bn New York Stock Exchange IPO. It is the latest in a building pipeline of US listings by Mainland-based companies that are undeterred by rising tensions between the two countries.