Banks

Singapore-listed Mapletree Logistics Trust is funding an acquisition spree of logistics assets in Asia by tapping the equity market for up to S$650m ($479m).

Shimao Services has joined the stream of Chinese property managers listing in Hong Kong this year, kicking off bookbuilding for its up to HK$10.1bn ($1.3bn) IPO.

JW (Cayman) Therapeutics has launched pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong IPO, setting the final stage of the deal ahead of launch in motion.

Veteran loans banker John Corrin has been promoted to head of corporate finance, international, at ANZ, a newly created position that will give him oversight of a larger business.

Blackstone Property Partners, the pan-European real estate company, got solid demand for its April 2027 bond on Monday, after last week’s tepid reaction from investors to the sector that saw a deal pulled.

The European Union finally hit screens on Monday afternoon to announce the highly anticipated debut syndicated bond under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme.

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust, the acquisitive UK-listed energy efficiency investor, is buying Swedish regulated gas distribution network Värtan Gas Stockholm. SEEIT has already completed an increased £105m equity sale and small debt issue to part-finance the purchase.

The banks financing GardaWorld, the Canadian security firm, for its £3bn ($3.92bn) bid for UK rival G4S are in for a £180m payday if the deal goes through, but the target company has again rejected the bid.

Luxembourg's Quintet Private Bank tapped the market for €125m of additional tier one (AT1) paper on Friday, marking its debut in the asset class.

Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni will be hoping to launch its first restricted tier one (RT1) bond this week, after which it could retire a pair of its lower quality tier two instruments.

The European Stability Mechanism wasted no time in getting its final trade of the year done on Monday ahead of the European Union’s highly anticipated debut syndicated bond under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme.

La Banque Postale (LBP) printed €500m of January 2031 non-call January 2026 tier two paper this week, its first in the format in over three years.