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Korea Water Resources (K-Water) has issued a Sfr200m five year Swiss franc bond, confirming South Korea as the biggest source of foreign bond issuance in the currency.

Tencent Holdings-backed Qutoutiao has filed draft documents for a Nasdaq IPO, with plans to raise up to $300m.

The cost of buying credit default swaps on Turkish five year government debt has stopped its upward trajectory and eased lower, even as the country’s standoff with the US continues.

China’s answer to Tesla is set to make a splash with its New York IPO. Nio is preparing a multibillion-dollar listing that will test investor appetite for the booming electric car industry. John Loh reports.

Lloyds Banking Group entered the Swiss franc bond market on Thursday after a seven year absence.

Nio, a Chinese electric car company, has started sounding out investors for its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange with an indicative size of $1.8bn.

Shares in Aryzta, the bakery listed in Ireland and Switzerland, fell as much as 10% on Monday morning after the company said it plans to raise €800m via a rights issue to shore up its balance sheet after a series of profit warnings this year.

Tsinghua University Science Park, or Tuspark, raised $350m from its bond sale on Wednesday, notably helped by 14 bookrunners.

UBS has nabbed a banker from BNP Paribas for its emerging markets DCM team.

High yield property company Intiland Development flopped in the offshore market on Tuesday, failing to price what would have been its debut dollar deal.

The bank’s creation of a new senior banker layer comes as big banks struggle with a talent brain drain, writes David Rothnie.

Mainland telecommunications infrastructure giant China Tower raised HK$54.3bn ($6.9bn) this week after getting its mammoth float across the line at the bottom of guidance.