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Total returned to the Swiss franc market in style on Tuesday, quadrupling its original size ambition as investors rushed to place orders for the French oil company's first issue in the currency for more than five years.

The Swiss franc market’s summer hiatus looks to be coming to an early end with Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo selling well received deals in Swiss francs this week.

China Construction Bank Asia (CCB Asia) pulled off a smart move this week, getting ahead of an expected September rush of deals to price its debut Basel III tier two offering on Wednesday. With large volumes of bank capital expected from Chinese banks, getting in early allowed CCB Asia to come inside a rival's curve, writes Virginia Furness.

Wells Fargo burst into the Swiss franc market with its debut trade in the currency on Wednesday. The issuer’s solid name recognition among local investors and an appreciation for its large retail banking operation allowed the issuer to exceed its original size ambitions despite pricing comfortably inside of other US banks.

The world’s fourth largest mobile service provider, Bharti Airtel, raised Rp21.4bn ($349m) on August 7 by offloading parts of its stake in Bharti Infratel through a trade that was almost double the size the seller originally planned.

Sam Reinhart will join UBS as head of banks and specialty finance for DCM Americas. He joins from Barclays, where he covered US regional banks, Canadian banks and insurance companies, as well as specialty finance and business development companies.

French oil company Total returned to the Swiss franc market in style on Tuesday, quadrupling its original size ambition as investors rushed to place orders for the issuer’s first print in the currency for more than five years.

The Swiss franc market’s summer hiatus looks to be coming to an early end with Wells Fargo set to sell its debut Swiss franc trade on Wednesday afternoon, opting for a dual tranche print. The deal adds to a recent spate of issuance, which stands in contrast to a moribund primary market in euros.

The shares of Malaysia’s Public Bank was down 4% following the completion of the lender’s jumbo MR4.83bn ($1.5bn) one for 10 rights issue - the largest ECM trade in the country so far this year.

The world’s fourth largest mobile service provider, Bharti Airtel, raised Rp21.4bn ($349m) on August 7 by offloading parts of its stake in Bharti Infratel via a trade that was close to double the size of what the seller originally planned.

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Westpac New Zealand broke more than a month of silence from international issuers in the Swiss franc market on Tuesday, selling a new six year print. The deal was priced around flat to outstanding paper, with investors starved of primary and secondary supply willing to take the aggressive level.