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Three Chinese companies decided to tackle their refinancing needs on Monday with new bonds, grabbing a short issuance window ahead of a public holiday in Hong Kong and some other Asian markets on Wednesday.

Credit Suisse is continuing the build-out of its private banking operations in Asia, announcing a spate of appointments for North Asia this week.

Artisan Acquisition Corp, a blank cheque company backed by Hong Kong tycoon Adrian Cheng, has tapped global investors for a $300m Nasdaq IPO.

Wells Fargo printed its debut sustainability bond this week, finally breaking its year long absence from the senior unsecured dollar market.

Triple-B credit OC Oerlikon achieved a remarkable result on Monday, said bankers, as it issued a Sfr575m three tranche deal, which it will use to fund its acquisition of INglass. It was joined on screens by Pfandbriefbank's smallest deal since 2019.

Pfandbriefbank Schweizerischer Hypothekarinstitute priced its smallest deal in 18 months this week, attracting several international accounts to a tightly priced Sfr350m ($385.8m) note.

Federal Reserve economists have warned of ‘financial stability’ concerns around the US treatment of foreign banks, after publishing research suggesting that some institutions were hiding assets in branches to escape closer regulatory oversight.

Sucafina, a Swiss coffee company, has signed a $500m sustainability-linked borrowing base facility, as a small wave of deals from the German speaking region come to fruition.

SF Real Estate Investment Trust has raised HK$2.59bn ($333.4m) through a rare trust IPO in Hong Kong.

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International has sold its second dollar bond of 2021, raising $500m once again.

Monde Nissin has covered the Philippines’ largest ever IPO on the first day of bookbuilding, after securing pre-launch demand from a high profile line-up of cornerstone investors.

Credit Suisse Group targeted the dollar market this week for its first public bond offering since the collapse of US hedge fund Archegos. It ended up paying a relatively small new issue premium for its large $3.25bn transaction.