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China-based Betta Pharmaceuticals, a developer of cancer treatments, is planning a Hong Kong IPO, having filed draft paperwork with the city’s stock exchange on Monday.

Fonplata, the South American supranational development bank, raised Sfr200m of 5.5-year bonds in the Swiss franc market on Wednesday, increasing the size of the deal from an initially planned Sfr150m. Alongside this, a clutch of domestic borrowers also tapped the market this week.

CaixaBank and BayernLB were able to sail through fair value with green non-preferred senior deals this week, bucking a trend for rising new issue premiums in 2021. Bankers say a lack of supply is finally helping borrowers to exert more power over their pricing.

New Horizon Health hit the equities market on Thursday, aiming to raise up to HK$2.04bn ($263.1m) from its IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

UBS found room for $5bn of new debt in the dollar market this week, starting with a “phenomenal” result for a new additional tier one (AT1) on Monday and ending with a three-part senior offering a day later.

CaixaBank found €3.7bn of demand for a green senior bond on Tuesday, as investors revealed their hunger for new paper. BayernLB could follow with a green deal of its own against the improving backdrop in euros.

Mainland-based healthcare sector issuers SciClone Phamaceuticals (Holdings), New Horizon Health and Joinn Laboratories (China) kicked off pre-deal investor education for their Hong Kong IPOs on Monday.

The UK Debt Management Office has picked the banks to lead the launch of a new long-dated index-linked Gilt, which will be the final syndicated transaction of its 2020/21 financial year.

Hong Kong's Airport Authority used a 144A format to expand its investor base and find a new pocket of liquidity this week. It got a strong reception from the US for its $1.5bn bond.

In a rare sign that environmental campaigners are having an impact on the financial industry, the burden of financing the Ecuadorian Amazon oil trade has shifted between banks in the past six months. But it is clear the banking industry is supporting the trade in more ways than have yet been uncovered.

HSBC appoints two within AIBC — Credit Suisse Asset Management hires head of origination in direct lending — Richard Luddington joins Rothschild

Steven Wirth is joining HSBC to head real asset fund coverage, and Giulio Hoffmann is to jointly lead power, utilities and renewables (PURE) for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.