Morgan Stanley

Ping An Group subsidiary OneConnect Financial Technology has raised $312m from a listing of American Depository Shares (ADS) after trimming and then increasing its IPO.

Investors gobbled up a high yield bond offering by US plastic packaging company Berry on Thursday, encouraging the company to increase the size twice, eventually reaching over €1bn. Berry is the only speculative grade company to issue a major bond this week in Europe, as most issuers stayed away from a market anxious about the UK general election.

OneConnect Financial Technology Co, a unit of Chinese conglomerate Ping An Group, reduced the size and price range of its New York Stock Exchange listing on Wednesday, a day before it was to be priced.

Morgan Stanley has been fined €20m by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) for manipulation of French and Belgian government bond prices. The bank intends to appeal the fine.

Another packaging company is hunting for better financing terms in the issuer-friendly European high yield bond market. Berry Global follows companies such as Crown, Ball, Smurfit Kappa, Owen-Illinois and Ardagh with an ambitious refinancing that could be priced as early as Thursday — the day of the UK general election.

The Netherlands’ Prosus has raised its takeover offer for food delivery firm Just Eat to around £5.1bn. It has brought in a host of banks to finance the bridge facility, but the boss of opposing bidder Takeaway.com called Prosus' bid “derisory”.

A banker specialising in ratings advisory has left Morgan Stanley after spending more than six and a half years with the bank.

JS Global Lifestyle Co, a Hong Kong-based small appliance manufacturer, has started taking orders for its second attempt at a listing, launching bookbuilding on Monday at a fixed price.

India's REC, formerly known as Rural Electrification Corp, raised $500m from a five year bond on Thursday.

Akesobio, a Chinese biopharmaceuticals company, filed a draft prospectus for an IPO with Hong Kong’s stock exchange on Tuesday.

OneConnect Financial Technology, a unit of Chinese conglomerate Ping An Group, hit the road on Tuesday to meet investors for its New York Stock Exchange IPO.

Power company Electricité de France issued its third bond in quick succession on Monday, and investors piled into the book, seemingly little fazed by its heavy recent issuance.