Private markets asset management firm Tower Peak Partners has bought a portfolio of growth equity companies that provide employment and products to people and communities with disabilities that will seed a new US social impact fund.  

Brendon Moran is leaving his role as co-head of UK corporate coverage at Societe Generale for an equally high-flying second career as a flight instructor.

Apollo Global Management has named Eiji Ueda as a partner and head of Asia Pacific, succeeding Matt Michelini.

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. 

Gruppo San Donato, Italy's largest private hospital operator, is poised to price an upsized debut deal on Thursday, with pricing set to leave little on the table.

Paper and packaging company Mondi made the most of tight spreads to lock in refinancing needs for 2026. That was despite a more volatile week for spreads in the corporate sector.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government found a solid bid for its rare resilience-labelled bond following an investor roadshow that spanned two days.

Majid Al Futtaim Properties adopted a new strategy on Wednesday by bringing its first ever intraday deal to insulate it from the volatility ensuing from rising trade tensions between the US and China.

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.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government found a solid bid for its rare resilience-labelled bond following an investor roadshow that spanned two days.

Private markets asset management firm Tower Peak Partners has bought a portfolio of growth equity companies that provide employment and products to people and communities with disabilities that will seed a new US social impact fund.  

Trade bodies representing the global loan market have published a new transition loan guide that offers a framework for high-emitting companies to raise credible transition-labelled financing to fund decarbonisation.  

Seafood producer and exporter Thai Union Group has raised Bt19bn (US$582m) from a combination of blue and sustainability-linked bonds and a sustainability-linked loan. 

Suggesting insurers are best positioned to assess risk, Exzeo Group moved ahead with its NYSE IPO Thursday morning by soft launching what is a US$176m all-primary offering, becoming the latest company seeking to break through the US government shutdown.

Uzbek fintech Uzum is considering listing on the London Stock Exchange and other exchanges as it prepares for a 2027 IPO.

Wistron, which supplies AI servers to Nvidia, has raised US$1.2bn from Taiwan's largest ever convertible bond.

In a sign of the piping hot investor demand for AI data center plays, Bitfarms is seeking to raise US$300m from the sale of a new convertible bond, tapping into an extremely volatile share price on a stock that is in high demand.

The US leveraged loan market is showing signs of fatigue as investor appetite wanes for riskier credits amid rising volatility, tariff fears and slipping secondary prices, prompting a wave of pulled deals and growing selectiveness among lenders.

Trade bodies representing the global loan market have published a new transition loan guide that offers a framework for high-emitting companies to raise credible transition-labelled financing to fund decarbonisation.  

Multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, commercial banks and institutional funds are working together to unlock billions of dollars of private financing to address the climate adaptation finance gap, especially in emerging markets, where investments yield higher environmental and social impact per unit of capital employed.

Breitling's €890m term loan B has dropped by almost six percentage points in the secondary market as investors fear the downgrades could keep coming for the Partners Group-owned luxury watchmaker after it was put on the brink of Triple C territory in July, sources said.