Morgan Stanley

Allied Irish Banks revealed a 90bp jump in its fully-loaded common equity tier one ratio on Tuesday, and wasted no time in mandating banks for a highly anticipated tier two deal.

ING Bank was able to price its debut euro green bond inside its regular senior curve on Tuesday, with bankers estimating a very slim premium for the well subscribed trade.

Asia’s debt market saw a busy Tuesday with a trio of issuers, SP PowerAssets, Stats ChipPac and TUS Holdings, venturing out for dollars.

Chinese company Yirendai, an online consumer finance marketplace, is eyeing the New York Stock Exchange for a $100m IPO and has a filed a preliminary prospectus for the listing.

Veritas Technologies, the Californian data storage company, has increased its high yield bond issue to make up for a disappointing loan financing. But initial price talk has yet to emerge.

Dali Foods Group Co priced its HK$8.87bn ($1.14bn) Hong Kong IPO close to the bottom of the range, as price sensitive investors called the shots.

Star Petroleum Refining has started building books for its Bt15.6bn ($440m) IPO, as the leads hope to reel in investors to a rare benchmark-sized deal from Thailand that is offering an attractive dividend yield and discount to peers.

The green bond market was home to a pair of firsts this week, as one seasoned issuer sold its first ever bond in any format at a tighter spread to US Treasuries than mid-swaps, and another made its debut in the SRI format.

KfW

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, made a smart stockmarket debut on Thursday, rising 3.6% in a falling market, after completing its €1.5bn IPO the previous day.

ABN Amro has started bookbuilding for its re-privatisation IPO of at least €3bn and got the deal covered. One banker said the deal looked "cheap as chips" at the bottom end.

Amundi, the French asset manager, has narrowed its price range to €43-€45 a share, as it continues to build the book for its Paris listing.