Macquarie Group

Two recent policy changes from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) spurred a pair of foreign banks to scoop A$3.2bn ($2.2bn) from the bond market this week. An expansion of repo-eligibility and a term funding facility for domestic banks have freed up the funds to drive the bumper deals, according to a banker at one of Australia's big four banks.

Online casino gaming company DoubleDown Interactive is planning a Nasdaq IPO, the first by a South Korean company in nearly a decade.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp sold its largest every Australian dollar deal on Tuesday, scooping up A$2.4bn ($1.6bn) of senior unsecured paper through its Sydney branch.

China’s Cathay Media and Education Group has re-applied for approval to float in Hong Kong, submitting documents on Thursday with its latest financial figures.

Eight financial institutions combined to raise €6.25bn of senior funding in the euro market this week, with supply volumes expected to drop off briefly for earnings season before ramping back up again in early February.

Macquarie Group was well-supported on its return to the euro market on Thursday, as it launched its first senior offering in the currency since February 2018.

Macquarie Group has appointed Charles Yonts as head of Asian ESG research, a newly created position.

Wall Street heavyweights piled into the dollar market with a string of tightly-priced preferred share deals, after reporting full-year earnings this week amid FIG supply of $25bn in just four days.

It is set to be a busy start to 2020 for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with three live IPOs in the market. The most recent launch came from Shanghai Gench Education Group, which hit the road with a HK$773m ($99.2m) deal on Thursday.

UBS lets go of ECM bankers — Bank of America’s Coben to return after Twitter investigation — Macquarie closes cash equities business in Europe and US

Australian banking group Macquarie is closing its cash equities business in Europe and the United States and has signed a cooperation agreement partnership with Kepler Cheuvreux, the French brokerage.

Nomura’s Cicchine heads for Deutsche — Macquarie finds head for new lending group — Citi promotes ECM bankers.