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Hong Kong's CK Asset Holdings made a rapid comeback to the fixed-for-life bond structure this week, raising $500m from a new outing on Tuesday.

Philippine company SMC Global Power Holdings Corp added $350m to its coffers from a bond tap on Monday, taking advantage of market stability to return to investors rapidly.

UBS’s head of Asia equity capital markets Peihao Huang has resigned from her position. She will join JP Morgan’s ECM team, GlobalCapital Asia understands.

Two of UBS's most senior banker are taking on new responsibilities as Axel Lehmann leaves the firm.

Dada Nexus, which operates on-demand retail and delivery platforms in China, raised $450m this week after selling a chunk of new equity.

Blue Moon Group, a Chinese detergent maker, saw the book for its up to HK$9.8bn ($1.3bn) IPO covered within hours of opening on Friday.

Münchener Hypothekenbank (MunHyp) made use of an impressive spread tightening in the Swiss franc market to follow up Pfandbriefbank’s monthly issue with an even tighter covered deal of its own.

AIIB's Mills Hagen leaves for Opec Fund — Horta Osório to chair Credit Suisse, replaced by Nunn — Mulderrig to head up European debt syndicate at UBS

GardaWorld, the Canadian security company, made its final pitch for larger UK rival G4S on Wednesday, raising the offer to £3.68bn in a deal that will land the lenders up to £180m in fees.

The Republic of the Philippines sold its largest international bond in more than a decade this week, raising $2.75bn from a deal that received strong support from investors confident about the country’s control of Covid, and its outlook. It even managed to get away with a record low coupon on one of the tranches.

Hong Kong property company New World Development Co used a fixed-for-life perpetual structure to net $700m on Wednesday.

Investors took a long-term view on Hong Kong Airport Authority’s $1.5bn perpetual bond on Tuesday, shrugging off any Covid-19 related travel concerns to place $14.5bn of orders. Morgan Davis reports.