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Competing markets and jurisdictions between China and Hong Kong pose regulatory uncertainty and liabilities as derivatives market participants transact on the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect, according to panellists at the Futures Industry Expo Conference in Boca Raton, Florida.

Despite a very strong day for European stocks, with the Euro Stoxx 50 up 2.3%, no equity accelerated bookbuilds have been conducted tonight. The three deals yesterday all appeared to go well.

The starting gun has been fired for the long-awaited quasi-IPO of Finansbank. The National Bank of Greece, which owns almost all the Turkish bank, will sell some of its shares, though the $1bn deal will consist mainly of new capital.

GlobalCapital caught up with Nigel Houghton of the Loan Market Association to discuss the real depth of Europe’s secondary loan market and leveraged loans’ competitive advantage over high yield.

The Oslo Stock Exchange is set to host a rare biotech IPO. Nordic Nanovector, a Norwegian company that is developing antibody-radio conjugates, is seeking to raise Nkr400m ($50m) of new capital.

The Housing Finance Corp has raised £194m, which it will lend to 12 UK housing associations, with a second tap of its 2042 bond, guaranteed by the UK government.

Nordic Investment Bank on Wednesday hired four banks to run a three year dollar syndication, as Canada was wrapping up a three year that attracted strong demand despite coming at a single digit spread to US Treasuries.

The lonely path that Greece is wandering away from the rest of the eurozone periphery was in sharp focus at a pair of bill auctions on Wednesday.

Asian Development Bank has mandated banks for its debut green bond, set to be priced on Thursday, while World Bank opened subscriptions for a green index linker.

Outdoor clothing retailer AS Adventure has booked a Friday bank meeting for its €245m acquisition loan, with price talk reflecting investors’ wariness of retail borrowers.

Intermediate Capital Group, the UK mezzanine and leveraged finance asset manager, has raised £160m with its third UK retail bond, a 5% eight year deal.

French insurance broker Siaci Saint Honore launched its €285m acquisition loan this morning (Wednesday) and will guide pricing at a Monday bank meeting.