UBS

UBS has appointed senior equity capital markets banker Hannah Malter to the position of Asia head of ECM syndicate, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Chinese real estate companies Cifi Holdings Group Co and Fujian Yango Group Co rolled out three year dollar bonds on Thursday, paying investors hefty premiums to get their deals done.

Summit Power International has opened books for the first IPO of a Bangladeshi firm in Singapore, hoping to raise $260m.

Tucker Highfield, Credit Suisse’s head of equity syndicate for Asia ex-Japan, has left the firm to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch, according to sources.

UBS nipped into the market ahead of the blackout period by issuing a jumbo-sized bond from its holding company on Tuesday.

Transurban Queensland Finance returned to the Swiss franc bond market on Wednesday with the Australian toll road developer’s deal a reassuring moment amid a period of scant issuance as investors fret about interest rates.

Bank of China (BOC) returned to the bond market with a Belt and Road blockbuster this week, raising around $3.2bn from a multi-tranche, multi-currency deal. Addison Gong reports.

India’s Dewan Housing Finance Corp (DHFL) finally sold its first offshore rupee bond this week in a deal which has been two years in the making.

Fully investment grade rated China Vanke Co had a good run in the international debt market on Wednesday when compared to its real estate peers this week, raising $971m from a five year bond.

Bank of China has priced bonds denominated in US dollars, euros and Australian dollars worth $3bn-equivalent, with another two tranches in New Zealand dollars set to be priced on Wednesday. The deal, sold under different branches of the bank, reflects the relentless bid for floating rate notes (FRNs).

China SCE Property Holdings and Powerlong Real Estate Holdings paid up to complete their dollar bonds on Tuesday, but the new issue premiums were widely expected by bankers.

Korean battery maker Samsung SDI Co has raised W559.9bn ($525.2m) after offloading its stake in Samsung C&T Corp at the mid-point of guidance, according to sources close to the deal.