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Abbey National and Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel have opened up 2015's market for fixed rate senior unsecured bank bonds, offering investors longer tenors than the three floaters from other issuers also in the market today.

Swiss Re highlighted a growing demand from Swiss investors for long dated paper on Tuesday, selling the longest ever senior unsecured Swiss franc bond from an insurance company.

Haitong Securities tapped into the current buoyant sentiment for Chinese brokerage firms to close a hefty HK$29.94bn ($3.86bn) placement of H-shares, which saw bankers working behind the scenes to secure a cadre of high-grade investors.

HKBN is making a comeback to the Hong Kong market in an IPO that will see its major shareholder CVC and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC pare down their stakes.

Orcel and Soanes to head UK at UBS - JPM syndicate banker lands at Itau - Amundi hires for EM debt

BNP Paribas has appointed Peter Kwok as chief executive of BNPP (China) on the back of rising demand from clients in China for sophisticated financial services. Kwok started in his new role on December 11.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties pulled off one last hurrah for Hong Kong’s IPO market this week, raising HK$28.8bn ($3.7bn) in the city’s largest listing for more than three years. The property developer, owned by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, priced its shares on December 16 at HK$48.00, near the top end of guidance, despite niggling fears about China’s cooling property sector, writes John Loh.

Andrea Orcel, head of UBS Investment Bank, will become chief executive of UBS Ltd and UBS London branch, while David Soanes, head of financial institutions will become UK Country Head.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties pulled off one last hurrah for Hong Kong’s IPO’s market this week, raising HK$28.8bn ($3.7bn) in the city’s largest listing in nmore than three years before the market shuts down for Christmas.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties is expected to price its IPO near the top of guidance to raise HK$28.8bn ($3.7bn) for Hong Kong’s largest listing this year.

Biomedical material manufacturer Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology is looking to list in Hong Kong.

Siemens Audiology Solutions, the hearing aid business of Siemens, closed the final part of its acquisition debt package with great success late last Friday (December 12), allocating the €785m leveraged loan on the same day as the deadline for commitments.