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Clifford Capital has netted $300m from its third debt outing of the year. Despite the Singapore firm’s frequency in 2018, it still managed to attract investors due to its rarity factor.

Volkswagen printed the biggest trade in its history as high-grade corporate borrowers blitzed the dollar market in response to the results of the US mid-term elections.

On Tuesday, Logicor, the largest provider of logistics property in Europe, made its debut in the euro corporate bond market. The €1.8bn three tranche deal is believed to be the largest debut trade by a real estate company in euros.

Wendy Liu has joined UBS’s research arm as managing director and head of China strategy, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

UBS tapped the Tokyo Pro-Bond market this week to raise ¥150bn ($1.33bn) of funding for its total loss absorbing capacity, at a time of little volume in the FIG euro market.

Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust (CEReit) is looking to raise €224.1m through a rights issue to fund acquisitions of commercial properties and offices.

Aryzta, the Irish/Swiss bakery, won shareholder approval for its €790m rights issue on Thursday – but only just, as its investors questioned the plan to raise capital.

Four mainland technology companies kicked off pre-deal investor education for their Hong Kong IPOs on Monday, gauging the market’s appetite ahead of bookbuilding in early November, according to sources close to the listings.

Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp raised Ps34.1bn ($634.2m) on Thursday after selling shares in subsidiary San Miguel Food and Beverage at the bottom of the price guidance.

Pietro Novelli, the new co-head of UBS Investment Bank, defended the co-head structure the firm opted for following the departure of Andrea Orcel to run Santander, against the charge from one analyst that "dual leadership never works".

Global equity markets were slammed this week, with a rout on Wednesday wiping out all the gains this year in the US. Amid the turmoil, a handful of technology firms were awaiting approvals to list in Hong Kong — some are expected to take a cautious approach but most are gearing up for a last-minute dash to find a closing IPO window. Jonathan Breen reports.

Eurotorg, the largest supermarket chain in Belarus, has fixed a price range for its landmark IPO on the London Stock Exchange, which could value the company at almost $1bn.