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Three Chinese corporates hit the debt market on Thursday on a busy day of issuance in Asia. Beijing Capital Development Holdings (Group), Golden Wheel Tiandi Holdings Company and a financing vehicle from Guangxi raised a combined $900m from deals.

UBS announced that it has received the consent of investors to change the maturity terms of its covered bonds from hard to soft bullet.

UBS is being investigated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for its role in IPOs, with the bank warning that it faces a possible suspension of its corporate finance licence.

Norddeutsche Landesbank (NordLB) and Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank (DG Hyp) issued tightly priced German Pfandbriefe that benefitted from a rise in yields this week.

Investors showed signs of wilting under the torrent of callable bond structures as BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo continued the rush by US banks to print bonds aimed at cutting the cost of complying with Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) rules.

The wrecking of the autumn IPO calendar got worse this week as Misys, the UK banking software company, pulled its IPO, though ConvaTec managed to raise £1.7bn and Ahlsell Skr6bn. Surprisingly, writes Aidan Gregory, further companies are still coming forward with IPO plans.

Australia and New Zealand Bank has mandated leads for a European roadshow in what will be its first covered bond in two years, while Turkey's Yapi Kredi's first covered bond series was assigned a rating by Moody's.

Alfa-Bank was on course to issue the first Basel III additional tier one trade from a Russian bank on Thursday. Despite wider rates market volatility, the deal’s execution was proceeding unaffected.

Fixed income investors have plenty supply to choose from out of Asia with seven issuers venturing out on Thursday. Corporates joining the fray included property companies Shokai Group and Golden Wheel as well as Guangxi LGFV and Hong Kong’s Li & Fung.

Intu Properties, the UK shopping centres group formerly known as Capital Shopping Centres, issued its first convertible bond since 2012 on Tuesday morning, and successfully raised £375m but the bond has traded down in the aftermarket.

ConvaTec, the UK medical technology company, has priced a jumbo £1.7bn ($2.1bn) initial public offering at the bottom of its initial range.

NordLB issued a €750m public sector covered bond on Monday which, like the previous German 10 year from Commerzbank, was only just subscribed. The tight initial spread discouraged order inflation and stimulated high quality orders, allowing the borrower to issue more than was initially planned.