JP Morgan has appointed six new vice-chairs across advisory, capital markets and coverage to work closely with clients and provide room for the next generation of bankers, according to a memo from heads of the relevant businesses, Anu Aiyengar, Kevin Foley and Dorothee Blessing, that was seen by IFR.

Bond market legend Hans-Joerg Rudloff died on December 1. He was widely acknowledged as the father of the Eurobond market and crucial to the build up of Credit Suisse First Boston and then Barclays Capital. He was 85.

HSBC is "doubling down" on its M&A advisory and equity capital markets businesses in Asia and the Middle East with the aim of being a top-five bank in those areas, chief executive Georges Elhedery said.

Britain has reduced the capital requirement for its banks in an effort to increase their competitiveness compared to US rivals, which should boost banks’ ability to return excess capital to investors and step up lending.

BPCE raised ¥77.3bn (US$500m) on Thursday from its second outing of the year to the Samurai bond market, drawing decent demand for a floating-rate tranche amid expectations the Bank of Japan will hike rates in the near future.

Russia has raised Rmb20bn (US$2.8bn) from dual-tranche renminbi bonds sold in its domestic market. 

UK waste management company Biffa Group Holdings has tightened pricing on a debut bond comprising euro and sterling tranches that will transform its capital structure.

The structured finance market has paused for breath as attention turned to the Australian Securitisation Conference on November 25–26, with another stunning year for the asset class drawing to a close.

Arini has rapidly established itself as the most active newcomer in European CLOs, in a market bursting with debut managers, record issuance and optimism of more growth to come.

Thailand's state-owned Dhanarak Asset Development Company has made its long-awaited return to the market this month to refinance its Bt10.7bn (US$329.7m) commercial mortgage-backed securities maturing this year, ending a nearly two-decade hiatus since its last CMBS issue in 2007.

Luxembourg-based digital bank Advanzia is working on a potential debut public credit card securitisation next year, a spokesperson told IFR.

LondonMetric Property landed a successful debut deal in the sterling market on Wednesday through a £500m dual-tranche green bond offering.

Volkswagen Bank demonstrated the depth of liquidity in the euro investment-grade market even at this late stage of the year, pulling in more than €9bn of peak orders for its €2.5bn triple-tranche senior preferred green bond transaction.

The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials has released an updated standard with new methodologies and clearer guidance that will make it easier for banks and other financial institutions to track emissions across more financial products. 

The UK government has updated its green financing framework, which covers green Gilts and retail green savings bonds, in a major overhaul that adds nuclear energy as a use of proceeds for the first time.

Shenzhen-listed Muyuan Foods is planning to bring a Hong Kong listing of around US$1bn–$2bn to the market early next year, said people with knowledge of the matter.

JP Morgan has appointed Ashish Jhajharia as head of EMEA ECM, stepping up from running syndicate for several years.

Signaling that opportunistic CB financings aren't done yet, Check Point Software is seeking to raise US$1.5bn from the sale of a zero-percent CB, earmarking a portion of the proceeds for a concurrent stock buyback, some to purchase an equity derivative and the rest for general corporate purposes.

The up to Rs54bn (US$607m) IPO of Indian e-commerce company Meesho was covered on the first day of subscription Wednesday. 

Waste-to-energy company Reworld Holding is seeking a US$750m term loan B and a US$130m term loan C to refinance existing debt.

Financial services firm CLSA has increased its self-arranged one-year revolving credit facility to US$1.83bn-equivalent from US$500m-equivalent.

Oil and gas company Ovintiv has signed a US$1.2bn two-year term loan that is to be used to partially finance its approximately US$2.7bn acquisition of the remaining shares it does not already own in oil and gas firm NuVista Energy.