MUFG

A handful of rare visitors came to the marker this week to place debt in dollars and yen, and bankers scrambled for a QNB mandate.

MUFG Bank has hired Marilyn Gan as head of origination for its Asia Pacific aviation financing business.

One of Europe’s leading bond syndicate bankers is leaving MUFG.

Commodities company Mercuria has closed its annual borrowing at a size of $1.2bn after 24 banks joining the deal during general syndication.

The euro corporate bond new issue market was full of smaller deals on Tuesday, for Japan Tobacco, Hitachi and Naturgy, but investors were preparing for the onslaught of jumbo transactions which they knew were coming on Wednesday and Thursday.

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Two Indonesian borrowers, Bank Negara Indonesia and CSM Corporatama, have launched their loans into general syndication, according to several bankers.

High grade dollar bond investors are braced for the biggest deal of the year after AbbVie, the pharmaceutical company, appointed a trio of banks to lead a possible $25bn issue that could come as soon as Monday.

Two ex-Citigroup debt bankers who had led MUFG’s attempt to climb up the fixed income league tables are no longer in their roles at the bank and will be leaving.

Boston Scientific Corp, the US medical devices maker, obtained plenty of demand for its €900m bond as it made its debut in the Reverse Yankee market on Wednesday, while the euro corporate bond pipeline continues to fill for a flurry of issuance in November.

Bajaj Finance, an Indian non-banking financial company, has launched its debut offshore borrowing of $575m-equivalent into general syndication.

Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp has launched its $1.75bn loan into general syndication, after one bank joined as a mandated lead arranger and bookrunner during the senior phase.