Banks

NRW.Bank has mandated banks to arrange a series of virtual fixed income meetings as it looks to present its new social bond framework to investors ahead of a debut deal in the format.

Gunvor, the Swiss commodity trader, has signed a €450m sustainability-linked facility, pushing its environmental, social and governance-linked bank lines signed this year up to almost €1.1bn-equivalent.

Gabriela Martínez de Aragón has joined CaixaBank as country manager for the UK.

Dubai-based port logistics operator DP World is set to test emerging market risk sentiment by a new degree, as it announced investor calls for a hybrid capital bond offering.

Shares in Meyer Burger Technology, the Swiss developer of solar panel technology, surged by more than 26% on Monday morning after the company unveiled plans for a Sfr165m capital increase to accelerate its plans for an expansion its own cell and module production capacity.

An investor in United Laboratories International Holdings is selling a chunk of the firm’s shares for up to HK$790.6m ($102m), according to term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Chinese company Genertec Universal Medical Group has launched a $600m dual-currency loan into syndication.

Agora is looking to raise up to $315m from its Nasdaq IPO, having begun bookbuilding for the deal.

ANZ has appointed former loan syndications banker Nancy Wang to the newly created position of director of sustainable finance, international.

Drug developer SK Biopharmaceuticals priced its IPO high last Friday, netting W959.3bn ($792m), according to a source close to the deal.

Kangji Medical Holdings has bagged HK$3.59bn ($464.2m) after pricing its Hong Kong listing at the top of the marketed range.

Far East Horizon, a Hong Kong-listed financial services firm, has launched a $1bn loan into general syndication.