Macquarie Group

Macquarie Bank printed an eight year Swiss franc bond this week, mimicking an earlier effort from compatriot National Australia Bank.

Virscend Education Co has raised HK$1.8bn ($232.2m) after pricing its Hong Kong IPO near the bottom of the range, emerging relatively unscathed from the volatility that rocked global equity markets last week.

China’s attempts to allow markets forces to play a bigger role in the currency seemed to have backfired this week with both the onshore RMB (CNY) and its offshore (CNH) counterpart experiencing a tumultuous ride. Further depreciation is expected but the big unknown remains how policy makers will act.

Ronshine China Holdings has sealed Asia’s first IPO this year, pricing its HK$1.81bn ($233.5m) Hong Kong float at the bottom of guidance after a low turnout during bookbuilding.

The Chinese circuit breaker mechanism shut down stock trading for the second time in just four days on January 7. Despite the 12% drop in the Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) since end of 2015, Macquarie expects MSCI to finally green light A-shares inclusion for its popular global stock indices in June.

Options traders took Monday's oil volatility seriously, sending prices for near-dated contracts to some of the highest levels of recent months.

Virscend Education Co launched the institutional bookbuild for its HK$2.19bn ($282.50m) Hong Kong IPO on Monday, even as the slump in Chinese shares triggered a market-wide trading halt and sent global equities tumbling.

Macquarie Securitisation Limited has mandated Macquarie Bank to arrange a new Australian RMBS deal from its Puma shelf, which could hit the market early in 2016.

National Australia Bank has laid out its plans to float its UK mid-sized bank unit CYBG in London early next year.

Maybank became the first Asia Pacific issuer to launch a Pro-Bond in May 2014. It was the bank’s first foray into the Japanese capital markets, and also represented a useful shot in the arm for the fledgling Pro-Bond initiative. Maybank has since graduated to a Samurai, allowing a useful comparison between the two markets.

Australian lender Macquarie has rejigged its Asia equity capital markets unit with the appointments of Jack Yee and Arthur van Dijk as co-heads of ECM, according to sources close to the moves.

Sadbhav Infrastructure Project is likely to price its Rp4.9bn ($74m) IPO at the top of its indicative price range, according to bankers on the transaction.