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  • Iberdrola, the Spanish electricity company, raised €500m of cheap funding on November 6 with an equity-neutral convertible bond, partly as a response to the recent disruption in the straight bond market.
  • LVGEM (China) Real Estate Investment Company is looking to raise HK$2.3bn ($300m) from a placement of shares with the proceeds intended to go towards funding a big chunk of an acquisition.
  • Hsin Chong Construction Group has ended the two-month lull in the equity-linked market with a $100m convertible bond led by China Merchants Securities, marking the bank’s first solo mandate for a deal in this asset class.
  • Two equity-linked bonds came to market in as many days this week, after a long period of slow issuance. Both were priced at the best terms for the issuers, highlighting how avidly investors will buy the paper when market conditions are right.
  • The fragility of corporate hybrid capital was laid bare again this week, when Standard & Poor’s stripped the equity credit from 29 bonds, issued by 14 issuers.
  • Standard Chartered is to close its equity derivatives and convertible bonds businesses in yet another move to bolster its performance by withdrawing from non-core operations. But its timing has surprised some market watchers, who expect a turnaround in equity-linked activity. John Loh reports.