UBS

LBBW had enough support from investors to price a new additional tier one (AT1) with hardly any new issue premium on Monday, having been pushed into entering the asset class for the first time as a result of recent changes to the rules on bank capital in Europe.

UBS Securities, the Swiss bank’s China onshore joint venture securities firm, has named Eugene Qian as chairman, succeeding Di He who is stepping down after two decades at the bank, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia's sister publication GlobalRMB.

With the growth of socially responsible investing (SRI), coal companies are having an increasingly hard time appealing to bond investors. But Indonesia's Adaro Energy wooed accounts to its $750m deal with its efforts to clean up its business.

Investors have been keen to lock in the money they made in the FIG bond market this year, rather than add new risk. This week, Rabobank added a green element to its latest bond in an attempt to encourage investors out of their shelters.

Russian consumer finance bank Home Credit & Finance Bank has hit the road to market a rare AT1 in a deal that could be a test of emerging markets investors’ risk appetite for less vanilla deals.

China’s FangDD Network Group has kicked off a roadshow for the listing of American Depository Shares (ADS) on the Nasdaq.

UBS is reorganising its investment bank, trying to save $90m a year, it revealed on Tuesday, alongside a dismal set of third quarter results for underwriting and advisory.

Rabobank shrugged off a little price sensitivity this week to launch a green non-preferred senior bond at a spread that FIG bankers said was as much as 5bp through fair value.

Bank of America became the first big US bank to emerge from third quarter earnings blackout and tap the dollar bond market this week.

Mapletree Commercial Trust has raised S$458m ($335m) from a placement of new units, pricing the issue at the top of guidance after a strong turnout from new and existing investors.

India's Vedanta, Syndicate Bank make loan comeback — Shanghai Sinnoil defaults on $400m loan — Fullerton allocates $250m among 17 banks — Lesso closes $1.1bn refi — Indorent holds non-deal roadshows

Russian potash producer Uralkali hit the market on Tuesday, tightening pricing on a $500m bond issue, the borrower's first international deal since 2013. DCM bankers are confident Russian issuance will continue to fill the market throughout the fourth quarter, as Norilsk Nickel began a roadshow.