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Credit Suisse and UBS dominated Dealogic’s European FIG bookrunner rankings for 2015, helped by their issuer parents cranking up their issuance of holdco and capital instruments.

Dalian Port Co is waiting for market volatility to recede before completing an H-share placement that could raise around HK$5.83bn ($752.05m) based on its market capitalisation.

A CEEMEA DCM banker who left UBS in 2014, will be joining Chalkhill Partners, an investment banking boutique, in January.

Xinte Energy Co wrapped up bookbuilding on Tuesday for its HK$1.29bn ($166m) IPO in Hong Kong, one of the last listings in the city this year, with shares pricing at the bottom of the range.

Extraordinarily low volumes of new bonds this year meant that 2015 rivalled the financial crisis of 2008-2009 for the pace of high profile CEEMEA staffing changes on syndicate and DCM. Where are they all now?

Aegean Oil Terminal Corp, a Greek oil rig construction firm, has signed a $120m loan with four Gulf banks.

UBS successfully completed a cash tender offer for Sfr6.1bn ($6.12bn) of its securities on Thursday, as the group looks to further strengthen its capital base.

Market participants expect a large step up in senior holdco issuance early next year, putting further pressure on spreads and pushing some issuers further afield for funding.

UBS has poached a M&A veteran from JP Morgan.

Amid the boardroom turmoil, strategic rethinks and headline grabbing megadeals, Europe’s most senior corporate financiers tell GlobalCapital’s David Rothnie why 2015 was a letdown and why 2016 will be better.

Xinte Energy Co has opened books for one of Hong Kong’s last IPOs of the year, with a little over half of the HK$1.36bn ($175.4m) listing covered by cornerstone demand.

UBS successfully completed a cash tender offer for Sfr6.1bn ($6.12bn) of its securities on Thursday, as the group looks to further strength its capital base.