UBS

UBS has lost a banker in its Asia debt syndicate team in Hong Kong, according to sources.

UBS plundered the short end of the curve this week with a $5bn trade from its operating company, pushing the levels of bank and financial issuance further beyond recently set records.

Unicaja Banco, the eighth largest bank in Spain by assets, has announced its intention to float on the Spanish stock exchanges, joining Ireland’s Allied Irish Banks in the pre-summer IPO market.

Barclays has sold more than half its stake in Barclays Africa, its separately listed South African subsidiary formerly known as Absa Bank, through a huge R37.7bn ($2.9bn) block trade on Wednesday night that was covered in 45 minutes.

The Irish government has fired the starting gun for the IPO of Allied Irish Banks (AIB), a potential €3bn deal, even though this means it will be in the market right through the UK general election, writes Aidan Gregory.

The long-awaited re-privatisation of Allied Irish Banks has begun at last, after the Irish government decided to press ahead with the IPO, which could raise about €3bn, in a sign of confidence in Ireland's economic recovery and the European IPO market.

Nanyang Commercial Bank added $1.2bn to its coffers on Thursday with an additional tier one bond, managing to price its deal close to fair value.

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Pricing in Europe's equity block trade market has tightened markedly, following large inflows of funds into European equities in the weeks since the first round of the French election, as investors queue up for more exposure to a continent primed for growth and now largely free of political risk, writes Aidan Gregory.

Reliance Infrastructure has received the final go ahead from India’s market regulator to list its infrastructure investment fund, putting it on track to be the country’s third InvIT IPO.

The Asia ex-Japan G3 bond market saw a slew of issuers from a variety of backgrounds hit the market on Thursday, with borrowers from Greater China as well as Indonesia venturing offshore.

Korea East West Power Co (EWP) is pursuing a new dollar deal, marking its return to the debt market after nearly three years.