Nomura

Avago Technologies, the US semiconductor components maker, has increased the €500m tranche of its term loan ‘B’ to €900m on strong demand, another sign of the European leveraged loan market's competitiveness at the moment.

Nomura has made six hires to its investment bank, including for the position of head of equity capital markets in the Americas.

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.

Bank of Jinzhou Co commenced investor education on Tuesday for its $600m IPO in Hong Kong, having appointed five banks as joint global co-ordinators.

Nomura has hired three managing directors within its emerging markets business — two from Barclays and one from Jefferies.

Albaraka Turk Katılım Bankası (Albaraka Türk), has mandated seven banks to arrange a Basel III compliant Reg S tier two subordinated sukuk — only the second from Turkey and the first in sukuk format.

Two issuers made an opportunistic move in sterling on Tuesday, taking a combined £400m with a tap and a new issue.

Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI) sold its €1.1bn PIK note on November 6 in what looked like a comeback week for the high yield bond market — but it turned out to be a short-lived pick-up.

Engie, the energy firm formerly known as GDF Suez, printed a 10 year Australian dollar note on Tuesday, its first bond in that currency.

CMS loses deputy CEO in HK — Deutsche ECM banker quits — Moss makes DCM return at Nomura

Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI) began offering its €1.1bn PIK bond with fixed and floating rate tranches on Tuesday, the first time such a structure has been used in the European high yield market, according to bankers.

Alister Moss, who left the banking industry three years ago, is set to make a comeback by joining Nomura's DCM syndicate team.