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Austrian semiconductor maker AMS has returned to the convertible bond market for more financing, raising €750m.

UBS Group made a rare entry into the euro market on Tuesday, issuing €1.5bn of new senior paper in line with fair value.

Ping An Insurance-backed Lufax Holdings has covered its $2.36bn US listing. Global heavyweight investors flocked to the long-awaited deal.

Chinese biotechnology firm JW (Cayman) Therapeutics is set to close the book for its Hong Kong IPO on Tuesday, a daily earlier than planned, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Ronald Hinterkircher, who is retiring from the Swiss franc bond market after a 40 year career, has told GlobalCapital that digitalisation and the possible removal of the withholding tax for foreign investors could change the market over the next few years. But with the European Central Bank propping up the euro bond market, arbitrage opportunities for international companies in Swiss francs are vanishingly slim.

Lufax Holdings, a personal finance services platform, has opened books for its offering of American depositary shares (ADS). It is aiming to raise up to $2.36bn.

Raiffeisen Schweiz brought a rare Swiss bail-inable bond to the market on Thursday, issuing Sfr325m ($358.3m) across two tranches to help replenish its capital structure.

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics set its IPO in motion on Thursday, opening the order book for the up to HK$2.3bn ($300m) deal.

United Overseas Bank achieved the tightest spread for a five year floating rate bank issue in Australian dollars in over 10 years this week, issuing A$750m ($532.0m) to prove that there is still demand at decade-low levels.

UBS's investment bank beat analyst consensus as capital markets revenue was up sharply year-on-year, while a sale of intellectual property rights resulted in a one-off gain, the bank showed in third quarter results on Tuesday.

A pair of Asian banks tapped the Australian dollar bond market for a combined A$1.25bn ($880m) on Tuesday. A number of banks have visited the Aussie market in recent weeks to great success, and more are set to follow.

Swiss duty free operator Dufry has finished its Sfr820m at-market rights issue, which has enabled Advent International and Chinese e-commerce firm to take large strategic stakes in the company.