Jefferies LLC

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.

Chinese peer-to-peer lender Lufax Holding filed IPO paperwork in the US on Wednesday for what is expected to be a jumbo listing.

Link Mobility Group Holding, the Norwegian provider of business to consumer messaging and mobile services, has secured seven cornerstone orders for stock as part of its flotation in Oslo.

US banks could be set for an extended hibernation from the dollar market after entering third quarter earnings blackout.

The booming IPO market for special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) is continuing with a new London-based blank cheque company focused on education technology.

Shares in Knaus Tabbert, the German maker of caravans and motor homes, were almost flat in trading on Wednesday following the company’s €232m IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The deal was the first of two German IPOs this week.

Chinese logistics company ZTO Express (Cayman) and biopharmaceutical firm Zai Lab wrapped up their secondary listings in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

JHBP (CY) Holdings, a holding company for China’s Genor Biopharma, hit the road for its Hong Kong IPO on Wednesday. It is aiming to raise up to HK$2.9bn ($371.2m).

Essentra, the UK maker of plastic and fibre components, has sold £100m of new stock to finance its acquisition of 3C! Packaging in the US, via an accelerated bookbuild.

Virtual goods platform Fulu Holdings has raised HK$890m ($114.8m) after pricing its IPO at the top of the marketed range, according to a source close to the deal.

Chinese internet and data centre services provider 21Vianet Group has raised $352.8m from a primary issue of its Nasdaq-listed stock.

21Vianet Group, a Chinese internet and data centre provider, is tapping equity investors with a follow-on offer of new American Depository Shares.