HSBC

HSBC has tapped a senior investment banker from Credit Suisse to lead a division of its private bank, naming Johnny Liu as managing director and regional head of global solutions group (GSG), Asia Pacific.

Fixed income investors have plenty supply to choose from out of Asia with seven issuers venturing out on Thursday. Corporates joining the fray included property companies Shokai Group and Golden Wheel as well as Guangxi LGFV and Hong Kong’s Li & Fung.

Seven deals launched Thursday as issuers came out in force to raise money ahead what is expected to be greater market uncertainty in November.

A trio of issuers on Wednesday were able to tighten pricing or print above their minimum targets — or both — in another strong day for the dollar market.

SNCF Réseau will issue the first green bond ever from a European transport company on Thursday.

Informa, the UK events and publishing company, has completed its £715m rights issue, which it launched in September to partly finance its £1.2bn takeover of Penton, a US competitor.

A fourth issuer of the week has broken its record for longest dated syndication ever, while the European Financial Stability Facility wrapped up its 2016 needs with a trade that looked almost short end by comparison to the rest of the week’s euro supply.

The Moser family intends to become the sole owner of UK mortgage loan provider Together as private equity firm Equistone and Standard Life plan PIK issuance before exiting the company.

The public sector market is making the most of what may be the year’s last attractive opportunity for benchmark issuance ahead of a risk laden November.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co snagged $1.5bn from a dual-tranche offering on Tuesday, as it opted for a slightly different structure to its past transactions.

Aluminum Corporation of China is planning its return to the international bond market, having hired banks for a Reg S dollar senior perpetual.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is set to test the five year part of the dollar curve — a tenor not attempted by many issuers over the last few weeks — as a French issuer opted for the tried and tested three year maturity and a German agency was able to increase a deal at that tenor from its target size.