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WL Bank priced the shortest fixed rate euro denominated covered bond of the year on Tuesday, at the tightest spread of any transaction since November 2012. Bankers off the deal questioned why any investor would pay such a tight price, while those on the deal said the cheap funding reflected the issuer’s high quality appeal.
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The prospect of an IPO of one of the vibrant new forces in M&A advisory is further evidence of the return of big-ticket business, writes David Rothnie.
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Investment banking firm Exotix Partners has moved one of its employees, Andrew Chappell, to be global head of loans and claims, as it continues to broaden its debt and equity capital markets business.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group posted net profits of ¥704.7bn ($7.3bn) for nine months 31 December 2013, up 154% from same period late year and leaving it just 6% away from its full year forecast of ¥750bn.
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Japanese bank Nomura has seen its pre-tax profits for the third quarter ending December 31, 2013 rise to ¥86.9bn ($826m) — an impressive jump of 6.7 times year on year. While its retail division has contributed a large chunk to this strong results result, pre-tax profits at its wholesale arm appear to be struggling.
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The first trade financing by a foreign bank operating in the new Shanghai pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) has been completed, with the sub-branch of DBS’s Chinese operation arranging a cross-border foreign currency letter of credit for Jeans International Trading, a company based in Zhejiang.
