Banks
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Carbios, the French sustainable plastics company, has unveiled plans for a €105m capital raising to finance the next stage of its growth, with the backing of major shareholders. -
Wickes Group, the UK do-it-yourself retailer, has signed an £80m revolving credit facility, as the company completes its postponed demerger from Travis Perkins.
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Emmanuel Regniez has left his position as head of France investment banking and coverage at Citi to take up a co-head role at Bank of America, as the latter beefs up its presence in the country.
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Germany’s Finanzagentur is holding calls with investors this week to sound out interest for a planned syndication of a 30 year green bond, the sovereign’s third and longest deal in the format.
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Christopher Wickli, a director in Citi’s ECM team has left the bank after almost 14 years.
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Eight Chinese issuers are readying the first batch of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) in the onshore market, set to be priced later this week after the Labour Day holiday.
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Singapore’s Halcyon Agri Corp, a subsidiary of China’s Sinochem International Corp, has raised a $300m loan from a group of Chinese lenders.
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PowerGrid Infrastructure Investment Trust has wrapped up its Rp77.3bn ($1.05bn) IPO, giving a boost to the still nascent asset class in India.
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Hong Kong-based Summit Healthcare Acquisition Corp has set the ball rolling for a Nasdaq IPO of about $200m.
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Foreign banks are expanding their presence in the Chinese central bank’s open market operations, after Deutsche Bank (China) became the latest to gain a primary dealer qualification.
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JD Logistics has begun pre-deal investor education for its multi-billion-dollar Hong Kong listing, having won approval from the city’s bourse last Friday.
