Morgan Stanley

Samsung Bioepis, the pharmaceutical arm of Korea’s Samsung Group, is planning a highly-anticipated IPO on the Nasdaq in 2016, and has dished out mandates for the listing to four banks.

Additional tier one volume in Q2 2015 fell more than $20bn on the previous quarter after Greece and China-related volatility kept issuers at a distance. But as issuance resumes, analysts estimate there is plenty more to come.

The collapse of Afren, the once-proud London-listed oil exploration and production company with three bond issues to its name, is a shocking reminder of the risks investors face in emerging markets, and of how even some of the most sophisticated players in financial markets can get things drastically wrong.

An Emirati financial has mandated banks for a tier one dollar transaction, adding to the Middle East post-summer pipeline.

Poseidon Containers, the Greek shipping company, has suspended its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange, blaming unfavourable market conditions.

Royal Bank of Scotland’s painful restructuring was rewarded by the capital markets this week as investors swarmed all over an equity block and threw $26bn at the state owned lender’s debut additional tier one bond.

UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne picked Monday evening to sell a much-hyped 5.4% block of shares in Royal Bank of Scotland.

Despite a flying start to bookbuilding, the HK$11bn ($1.4bn) IPO of China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (CRSC) in Hong Kong eventually succumbed to the turmoil in China’s stock market, forcing it to price at the bottom of the range on August 1.

Despite a flying start, China Railway Signal & Communication Corp’s (CRSC) HK$11.03bn ($1.42bn) IPO in Hong Kong succumbed to the dramatic tumble in China’s stock market, forcing it to price the trade at the bottom of the range.

Asia’s US dollar bond market has started the week with a bang, with China Auto Rental (CAR), Peking University Founder Group and Shanghai Electric opening books for their respective transactions on Monday, August 3.

Chery HuiYin Motor Finance Service Co is seeking to list in Hong Kong via sole sponsor CICC. The automotive financing company filed a preliminary prospectus with the stock exchange on July 31.

China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (CRSC) has released price guidance on its IPO in Hong Kong, with the leads narrowing the range near the bottom to HK$6.50-HK$6.60 ($0.84-$0.85) a share.