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Doosan Bobcat has wrapped up its second attempt at an IPO, closing a W900bn ($788.0m) deal after seeing a strong turnout from institutional investors.

HSBC’s wholesale businesses beat expectations this quarter, with rates and credit driving revenues in global banking and markets up 10% compared with last year.

Nine banks have been mandated to arrange the financing for the leveraged buyout of Polish online marketplace Allegro, and a senior loan will be launched into syndication later this month.

China’s Huishang Bank Corp sealed a lucky $888m additional tier one transaction on Thursday. The deal was not only the Chinese lender’s inaugural dollar-denominated AT1 but also the first from a city commercial bank in the country.

Bank of China grabbed market attention on Thursday with the inaugural green covered bond from the Mainland. The deal’s unique structure garnered international attention, supporting the country's pursuit of green bond leadership.

Caja Rural Navarra is planning the first green covered bond of the year. It follows a trio of covered bonds issued by Australian banks and the first transaction to be issued from Nordea in more than a year.

This was the week high yield borrowers in sterling came out of the Brexit shadows to face a market ridden with political tensions — what they found was hungry, but sober, investors.

A decision by the UK High Court on Thursday that the country’s parliament must vote to start the process of leaving the European Union could lead to market volatility in the weeks ahead, issuers and bankers have warned. The decision came during an eventful week for the UK, which also included a Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee meeting, a warning from Moody’s over single market access and a debut issue from Aberdeen City Council.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten is set to hold investors calls for what will be its first sustainability bond to be denominated in dollars.

Varta AG, the German micro-batteries manufacturer spun out of the historic Varta Group in 2002, has joined the small group of European companies braving the choppy waters of the IPO market.

South Korea is in the midst of a serious political scandal that could threaten the president, but it seems to have had little impact on the IPOs of Clio Cosmetics Co and Doosan Bobcat.

Bank of China’s highly anticipated green covered bond launched Thursday, with books growing quickly in the first few hours.