Banks
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Gracell Biotechnologies has raised $209m from its Nasdaq IPO after increasing the size of the float and pricing the deal above the initial marketed range. -
Hong Kong-listed Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group and China Hongqiao Group have added to the burst of convertible bond activity in the first week of 2021, raising a combined $900m from the equity-linked market on Thursday.
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SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co has sold the first auto loan ABS transaction of the year in China, printing a Rmb10bn ($1.55bn) deal this week.
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Monita Chang, a senior director in Mizuho’s debt structuring and syndication team in Hong Kong, is leaving the bank, according to a source close to the situation.
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The dollar bond market made a fast start to the year this week, as investors showered Broadcom, the semiconductor maker, with $28bn of orders, enabling it to raise $10bn.
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Europe’s small and medium sized enterprises fear dark days ahead, as treasurers complain of banks withdrawing support and express concerns that central bank bond buying programmes favour the biggest and best capitalised companies. Mike Turner reports.
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Wessex Water, the UK utility, and National Grid this week proved that there is still demand for sterling corporate paper in a post-Brexit world, with both issuers seeing chunky oversubscriptions for their trades.
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State of North Rhine-Westphalia’s third and biggest century bond built an impressive order book in terms of size and number of accounts from a diverse range of investors this week, proving this niche part of the curve is increasingly popular with buyers.
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The European investment grade corporate bond market took a break for the Epiphany public holiday across the continent on Wednesday, but syndicate bankers say deals will flow thick and fast throughout early January.
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Yankee issuers stormed into the US dollar market to lock in record low levels of funding, despite this week’s turmoil in Washington, DC.
