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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.

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group has bagged HK$3.57bn ($460.6m) from its IPO, after sealing the offer at the top end of the price guidance, according to a source familiar with the deal.

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics has launched pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong IPO, setting the final stage of the deal ahead of launch in motion.

The banks financing GardaWorld, the Canadian security firm, for its £3bn ($3.92bn) bid for UK rival G4S are in for a £180m payday if the deal goes through, but the target company has again rejected the bid.

Shanghai-listed SDIC Power Holdings has priced its $200.6m London offering of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) at the bottom of the marketed range.

With the Australia’s big domestic banks avoiding the capital markets thanks to excess liquidity and cheap central bank funding, Aussie dollar investors are searching for somewhere to park their excess cash – with foreign banks offering one way to pick up the slack.

Blank check company Bridgetown Holdings, which is focused on southeast Asia, has raised $550m from a listing on the Nasdaq.