Morgan Stanley
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Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group, a China-based drug maker, has pocketed HK$3.49bn ($450m) from a larger-than-planned issue of primary shares. -
Aston Martin, the UK luxury car maker, has successfully completed its £371m heavily dilutive rights issue, with a high take-up from shareholders, including a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll.
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Akesobio has bagged HK$2.58bn ($332.9m) from its IPO after sealing the trade at the top of the marketed price range, according to a banker on the deal.
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US banks this week reported stellar returns from trading and underwriting in the first quarter, even as the bottom line was hit by gigantic writedowns and reserves for credit losses, as the economic and financial disruption from the coronavirus crisis took its toll.
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Informa, the UK publishing and events company, has taken the decision to suspend its dividend and raise £1bn of fresh equity after the Covid-19 pandemic caused hundreds of its conferences to be postponed.
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Chinese hotel company Huazhu Group, previously known as China Lodging Group, is asking lenders’ consent to waive some of the financial covenants on a recent syndicated loan.
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Bankers working on Akesobio’s IPO are preparing for a tough allocation process as a flood of retail demand for the Hong Kong listing is set to leave little for institutional accounts, said a source close to the deal.
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Greece did not attract the huge reception from investors that it has grown used to over the last few years, despite paying a considerable new issue premium and being eligible for the European Central Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP).
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Banco Santander Mexico showed that emerging market investors are willing to deploy cash in a greater range of credits than just sovereigns as it sharply increased the size of a five-year senior deal on Tuesday. But though the new issue concession was in line with expectations, the deal underscored the new reality of funding conditions for Latin America borrowers.
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Greece is looking to become the latest eurozone sovereign to sell a seven year syndicated bond, after mandating banks on Tuesday for the transaction.
