Banks

Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping firm, has signed bank facilities totalling $889m, its first foray into green financing.

Autolus Therapeutics, the UK biopharmaceutical company focused on T cell therapies for cancer, is raising additional capital on the Nasdaq.

Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator has named Nicolas Aguzin, chief executive of JP Morgan’s international private bank, as its new CEO.

Solar and wind power company ReNew Power added further momentum to India’s green bond market this week with a new $460m deal.

China-based Betta Pharmaceuticals, a developer of cancer treatments, is planning a Hong Kong IPO, having filed draft paperwork with the city’s stock exchange on Monday.

India's UltraTech Cement sold Asia’s second dollar sustainability-linked bond (SLB) this week as the instrument steadily gains traction among issuers.

GlobalCapital and HSBC hosted a virtual roundtable in mid-January to discuss the blowout start to high yield bond issuance in 2021. Leading market experts highlighted how Asia’s debt markets have shifted — and how borrowers are positioning themselves for the rest of the year.

Snam, the Italian gas pipeline company, and Swedish ball bearing maker SKF kicked the week’s corporate bond new issuance off in Europe on Monday, with deals that offered razor-thin spreads from the start.

Cellnex, the acquisition-hungry Spanish telecoms infrastructure company, has hired banks for a multi-tranche bond, continuing a fundraising spree that also includes a €7bn rights issue, announced last week.

KfW is set to make a return to the Canadian dollar bond market on Tuesday, marking its first appearance in Maples since February 2019, when it sold a C$1bn three year.

Spain will lead the public sector borrowers' charge into the primary bond market this week with its second ever 50 year benchmark syndicated deal ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday.

Lombard Odier has made two senior hires to help cultivate sustainable private credit strategies.