Banks
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Ping An Insurance-backed Lufax Holdings is expected to price its American depositary shares at the top of guidance, following a large turnout from global heavyweight investors for its IPO. -
MUFG Securities Asia has hired Shailesh Venkatraman for a newly-created position leading DCM origination for south and southeast Asia.
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Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co was forced to pay 50bp more than it expected for a new $500m three year bond on Thursday, despite trying to appeal to investors with a positive spin on its future fundraising plans.
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Chinese biopharmaceutical firm RemeGen will close the international orderbook for its Hong Kong IPO early as the deal is already many times covered, according to a source close to the listing.
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China’s State Development and Investment Corp (SDIC) nabbed $300m in the bond market on Thursday.
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A record number of retail investors in China fought for the Shanghai portion of Ant Group’s landmark dual listing this week, channelling Rmb19tr ($2.83tr) of orders into the world’s largest IPO.
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Outrage at the destruction of the Amazon rainforest — which often involves dispossessing indigenous people — is common among capital markets executives. But few realise that their own firms are financing it.
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BNP Paribas has shaken up its advisory business to address underperformance in its home market, but this must be more than a quick fix to restore national pride, writes David Rothnie.
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Daa, the Irish airport operator, and Akelius, the UK residential property company, snatched the chance to raise funds on Thursday, the most stable day for the bond market this week. But demand has been muted as jitters about lockdowns and next week’s US presidential election kept some investors on the sidelines.
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