Bank of America has been told by global regulators to increase its capital buffer but Deutsche Bank has seen its capital buffer requirement reduced in the latest annual review of global systemically important banks, or G-SIBs.

Bank of America has appointed Ibrahim Kamara as a director in its London structured finance team as the bank steps up efforts to expand its European origination business.

Europe’s capital markets continue to show signs of weakness, such as in new equity issuance, despite a record year of bond issuance and strong growth in private funding, according to a report from the Association for Financial Markets in Europe.

Royal Bank of Canada has hired Sidharth Chhibbar from Barclays as head of European healthcare in its capital markets business, based in London.

Credit Mutuel Arkea was the sole FIG issuer to test the euro market on Thursday as the Thanksgiving holiday in the US dampened market activity. 

mBank became the third Polish lender in the past fortnight to access the euro market, with a deal that was more than eight times subscribed.

China Vanke's bonds slumped after the property developer said it was seeking an extension to repay its Rmb2bn (US$282.1m) bond maturing on December 15, the first time it has asked for a payment delay on an onshore bond. 

The structured finance market paused for breath as attention turned to the Australian Securitisation Conference on November 25–26, towards the end of another stunning year for the asset class.

Bank of America has appointed Ibrahim Kamara as a director in its London structured finance team as the bank steps up efforts to expand its European origination business.

Thailand's state-owned Dhanarak Asset Development Company made its long-awaited return to the market this month to refinance its Bt10.6999bn (US$329.7m) commercial mortgage-backed securities maturing this year, ending a nearly two decade hiatus since its last issue in 2007.

Government Housing Bank issued a Bt10bn (US$309m) multi-tranche sustainability bond.

Resilience bond sales are showing signs of growing momentum as CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean closed the emerging asset class's latest issue and Tokyo Metropolitan Government prepares a follow-up next year to its landmark offering last month . 

Latin American countries Honduras and Suriname are working to issue sovereign carbon credits that will support efforts to conserve their rainforests. 

Deutsche Bank has set a €900bn target for sustainable and transition finance until 2030 and published its initial transition finance framework along with plans to finance more nature-based transactions as part of a broader update of the bank's sustainability strategy . 

Indian renewable energy company Sembcorp Green Infra is working with Axis Capital, Citigroup and HSBC on a US$500m–$750m IPO planned for next year, people with knowledge of the transaction said. 

Shares in CK Hutchison rose 2.3% on Monday on news of a potential spinoff of health and beauty retailer AS Watson Group.

Jingdong Industrials, a unit of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, has started premarketing a Hong Kong IPO of around US$500m for a December listing, said people with knowledge of the matter.

Creditors to EQT-owned Colisee have taken over the French nursing home, after cooking up a plan to take matters into their own hands in July, sources said.

Asian private equity firm Everstone Capital is seeking a €65m (US$75m) five-year loan to back its proposed leveraged buyout of German measurement technology group Qlar Group.

Aluminum packaging company Ball Corp has entered into US$3.5bn of secured five-year loans.