Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank has scooped Kefei Li as a senior member of its ECM team, with the former UBS banker expected to start in his new position from October.

No sooner had the first tentative signs appeared of an agreement over Greece's debt crisis than the Asia ex-Japan primary debt capital markets finally woke up to some action from a trio of deals.

A supranational is set to become the first European SSA to bring a syndication after Greece reached a deal with its creditors on Monday morning — but will steer clear of euros.

The new chief executives at Deutsche Bank and Barclays have plenty of challenges ahead. Internal bureaucracy could well be the biggest.

CEEMEA debt bankers spent Monday morning on the phone to issuers following news of a Greek bailout agreement. But prospects for supply still hinge on a Greek parliamentary vote on Wednesday, and even then not just any CEEMEA issuer will be able to launch, said debt bankers.

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology has hired three banks to arrange investor meetings ahead of what will be the first green bond by a Chinese issuer.

Leveraged loan market participants were in uncertain mood this week. Greek volatility made its mark on the market but not all deals have gone wide as a result.

After a week’s hesitation, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has gone ahead with its IPO, in a sign of confidence in the market – despite the ever uglier masses of cloud building over Greece and China. If it is completed, the deal will raise over €1bn, and be almost certainly the largest IPO left in the European market before the August lull.

UBS has hired what it said was its first ever global head of equity syndicate, in a bid to fight its way back up the US equity capital markets league table.

Poland has mandated four banks for a bond in euros or dollars.

Alok Industries signed its $475m export performance bank guarantee-backed (EPBG) loan on June 30, with a total of eight banks committing to the transaction, following a four month syndication process.

Innocean Worldwide raised W340bn ($302m) from its South Korean IPO by pricing the deal just above the middle of guidance despite turbulent times for markets.