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Goldman Sachs sold its largest amount of Swiss franc bonds in a single Sfr325m issue on Tuesday afternoon, encouraging hopes that the Swiss franc might be regaining its status as a global funding currency.

ICBC Financial Leasing broke the silence in Asia’s offshore bond market on Tuesday, returning with a popular $1.5bn dual-tranche floating rate transaction that served as a reminder of just how enthusiastic investors can get when there is the opportunity to hedge away interest risk.

Goldman Sachs-backed ReNew Power is seeking the greenlight for its IPO, having filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Tuesday.

After four years away from the high yield market, UK North Sea operator Ithaca Energy was back with a bond refinancing deal this week, as European oil and gas issuance runs well ahead of last year’s pace.

China's Ascletis Pharma has emerged as the first biotechnology firm to test the waters of Hong Kong’s new listing regime, after filing a draft prospectus on Monday.

The UK Debt Management Office has announced the banks that will run the orderbooks for its first syndication of the new funding year.

How risky is it to lend money to a coal-fired power plant or an oil company? OK for another five years, perhaps — but how much longer can they carry on in the face of climate change? So far, banks have largely ducked questions like these. But from next year, more and more of them will be giving some kind of answer in their annual reports.

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A solitary syndication from KfW broke the otherwise placid waters of the public sector debt market on Wednesday.

German car company Daimler raced from one side of the Atlantic to the other this week to raise €6.7 equivalent from 10 tranches of bonds with tenors from two to 10 years.

The Republic of Angola raised $3bn this week with its first Eurobond since 2015, after a juicy yield and a positive narrative about reform in the country enticed investors to place $9bn of orders.

The US bank is doing it differently from its rivals as it expands in corporate broking in an effort to expand its client base and boost its standing in ECM. It might just shake up the established order, writes David Rothnie.