Deutsche Bank has hired senior banker Anthony Parsons as executive chairman of origination and advisory. He was previously vice chairman of global banking at HSBC, which decided to close its M&A and equity capital markets businesses in Europe earlier this year. 

A Swiss federal court has ruled that the decision to write-off Credit Suisse’s Additional Tier 1 instruments, with a nominal value of SFr16.5bn (US$20.6bn), as part of its rescue by UBS in March 2023 was unlawful.

Goldman Sachs reported record third quarter results as revenue from advisory rose 60% to US$1.4bn, reflecting a significant increase in completed mergers and acquisitions volumes in the period.

JP Morgan reported record trading revenue in the third quarter blowing away analysts estimates.

Ferrellgas is returning to the junk bond market for the first time in over four years as part of a refinancing that alleviates concerns over the propane gas distributor's ability to cover near-term debt maturities.   

German issuers kept the covered bond flag flying on Wednesday, when Bayerische Landesbank revived dollar supply with a US$650m three-year mortgage Pfandbrief and Hamburger Sparkasse sold an inaugural €500m six-year public sector Pfandbrief.

Investors poured into a new issue from TDC Net on Wednesday, in a market that seemed worlds away from the weak demand for deals issued only a day earlier.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government is marketing the first bond certified under the Climate Bonds Initiative’s new resilience taxonomy. 

BPCE, a regular issuer of French public prime RMBS since 2018, priced the first deal from its newly created master trust programme amid good investor interest, despite political turbulence in France.

DCS Card Centre, formerly known as Diners Club Singapore, is evaluating asset-backed securitisations in US dollars, it said in response to IFR queries after the successful completion of its most recent S$450m (US$348.8m) ABS deal – its largest yet. 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia returned to the RMBS market after a two-year absence on Thursday to print the A$1.5bn (US$990m) self-led funding-only Medallion Trust Series 2025-1, which sets a new benchmark for Australian securitisations.  

Cajun Global is cooking up a US$325m whole business securitisation that will refinance the ABS offering that backed its purchase of the Church's Texas Chicken franchiser in 2021.

World Bank Group is creating a single treasury operation as part of its continuing modernisation under president Ajay Banga, though its three capital markets issuers – the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corp and the International Development Association – will retain their separate funding programmes and identities.

Global loan trade associations are getting ready to launch a dedicated transition label that could encourage more high-emitting companies to raise labelled loans to fund decarbonisation.

The Czech Republic has breathed fresh life into the stalled sovereign social bond market with a rare issue that also ended the European Union member state’s longstanding absence from ESG bond markets.

The US solar asset-backed securities sector has regained some lustre, proving it is still a viable funding source for renewable energy issuers after a rough summer that cast a shadow over its future.

ASP Isotopes seized on investor enthusiasm for US nuclear power plays to raise US$210.3m from an overnight sale of stock, slightly more than had been targeted.

Taiwan-listed WT Microelectronics is planning to sell global depositary receipts and a convertible bond which could raise around US$764m in total.

LG Electronics India debuted 50% higher on Tuesday after completing a Rs116bn (US$1.31bn) IPO.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals returned to the market for the second time in less than a year to raise US$150m overnight Tuesday to help fund two Phase III trials for its promising eye drug.

India’s central bank is proposing a major liberalisation of the complex rules governing offshore borrowing that could broaden the sources of foreign capital for the country's companies.

Opella has broken free of the shackles of call protection to reprice the term loan Bs tied to its buyout by Clayton Dubilier & Rice, and Apleona could potentially follow suit with a material pricing move in mind.

As private credit makes a bid to reach the masses, more asset managers are testing the viability of the asset class in exchange-traded funds, which typically hold more liquid investments.

CIMIC Group has more than doubled a loan to A$1.27bn-equivalent (US$841m) after attracting a blowout response from almost 30 banks, despite no participation from the Taiwanese lenders that are usually top players in the Asia Pacific loan market.