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JP Morgan has hired equity capital markets banker Jonathan Paul, the latest in a series of additions to its Asia Pacific ECM team.

Five real estate companies from Greater China made their way into the dollar bond market on Thursday, appealing to investors with short tenors and juicy new issue premiums.

Novo Banco found just enough demand to print its first preferred senior bond this week, setting the issuer off on a journey towards its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) targets. Market participants drew attention to the Portuguese bank’s controversial past, including imposing unexpected losses on a group of senior bondholders.

India’s first listing of a unicorn has started, as Zomato, a food delivery start-up, made its second day of bookbuilding on Thursday for a Rp98.9bn ($1.32bn) IPO. Droves of investors have already oversubscribed the deal, paving the way for the pipeline of technology listings to come, writes Jonathan Breen.

Indian food delivery app Zomato has launched its hotly-anticipated IPO of up to Rp98.9bn ($1.32bn), anchored by a strong book of global heavyweight investors.

Three real estate developers from Greater China raised additional funding from the dollar bond market through opportunistic trades on Tuesday, taking some comfort from the Chinese central bank’s recent move to boost renminbi liquidity.

Novo Banco’s got off the ground with its build out towards its minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) this week, but the bank was unable to tighten its inaugural preferred senior deal beyond initial price thoughts.

Indian financial technology company One MobiKwik Systems is eyeing Rp19bn ($255.1m) from an IPO, having filed initial documents with the regulator.

Korea Investment & Securities marketed a three year and a five year bond on Monday, raising a combined $600m.

Credit Suisse has named veteran investment banker Janice Hu as its new chief executive for China.

Malaysian credit reporting firm CTOS Digital has raised MR1.21bn ($288.9m) after its IPO was subscribed 27.6 times.

Kakao Bank, an online-only South Korean bank, has begun bookbuilding for its up to W2.55tr ($2.2bn) IPO.