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The US Treasury Department has maintained the view that China is not a currency manipulator in its second report to the congress on the foreign exchange policies of its major trading partners. -
BDO Unibank in the Philippines and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China New York branch made their respective returns to the dollar bond market on Monday.
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ZTO Express has revealed the terms for its upcoming $1.3bn US IPO, which will be the largest listing in the country by a Chinese firm since Alibaba Group Holdings' $25bn float in 2014.
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Rules proposed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission this week on cross-border swap trading are a good first step, according to lawyers, but more clarity is needed on how Dodd-Frank requirements will apply.
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The European subsidiary of Matthews, a US provider of 'memorialisation products', such as caskets and memorial plaques, has launched a €50m Schuldschein, which could grow based on demand from lenders.
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Asia is gearing up for a bumper week of IPOs, with two $2bn deals launching on Monday and other smaller-sized floats vying for investor attention in what has been an action-packed October.
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US borrowers exploited a quieter week to pre-fund their 2017 maturities, enjoying strong demand and tight pricing as the prospect of an interest rate rise from the Federal Reserve loomed.
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Deutsche Bank led a trio of Yankee borrowers in an opportunistic dash for dollar funding, as US banks were confined to the sidelines because of an earnings blackout.
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Maturing deals issued by Washington Mutual and National Bank of Greece show covered bonds doing precisely what they're supposed to — redeem in full and on time.
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Political wrangling on both sides of the Atlantic this week produced contrasting fortunes for two currencies in futures markets, with the Mexican peso receiving a boost and the British pound slumping to some of its worst ever levels against the US dollar.
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Mizuho has hired Jason Fertig as head of healthcare investment banking for North America. Fertig joins from Nomura, where he was co-head of Americas healthcare investment banking.
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US music publisher Warner Music Group on Monday was alone in the European high yield market at the same time that Verallia, the French glass packaging maker, told investors it had cancelled its pay-if-you-can bond offering.
