UBS

A handful of Chinese investment grade names bombarded the dollar debt market on Tuesday, taking more than $2bn.

Kanzhun, China’s largest online recruitment platform, is planning a $100m listing of American depository shares on the Nasdaq.

UBS Group made a swift return to the dollar bond market on Tuesday, as it went in search of an additional tier one transaction a day after raising $3bn of senior unsecured debt.

Country Garden Services Holdings rode on strong institutional investor demand to raise $2bn from a combined equity placement and convertible bond issue this week.

Three Chinese borrowers and one Hong Kong issuer hit the international bond market on Monday, getting ahead of a pick-up in deal flow expected in the rest of the week.

UBS was set to issue three tranches of dollar debt through its operating company on Monday, as it sought to tap into a strong pool of demand for short-dated bank issuance.

Singapore real estate investment trust Mapletree Industrial Trust has raised S$823.3m ($618.3m) from a sale of new units to fund data centre acquisitions, with the deal receiving a warm welcome from investors despite not being very well flagged.

A trio of firms slipped into the market to place senior paper this week, and with spreads threatening to creep wider, bankers were keen to see lenders make use of the windows available.

Muenchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp) harnessed the growing demand for environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) paper in the Swiss market to land a tap 7bp through the bid side this week. Elsewhere, Toyota ended a 12 year absence from the Swiss franc market to sell the currency’s first automobile deal of the year.

A group of Italian insurance executives have teamed up to launch a new special purpose acquisition company on the Alternative Investment Market of the Borsa Italiana. The €200m IPO is due to close later today.

A pair of infrequent euro borrowers, Virgin Money and SBAB Bank, tapped the market for €500m no-grow bonds on Thursday, landing deals at significantly tighter spreads compared with their last euro outings.

JD Logistics wrapped up its jumbo Hong Kong IPO on Thursday after a strong turnout from institutional investors, attracted to the company’s fair valuation and its parent’s credentials. The multi-billion-dollar listing is set to be the city’s largest float since the beginning of the year, writes Jonathan Breen.