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Morgan Stanley

  • China’s Jilin Jiutai Rural Commercial Bank has bagged HK$3.0bn ($386.9m) after pricing its IPO near the bottom of guidance.
  • The potential volume of green bond issues is set to reach the very top of what is possible in the bond market, as the French sovereign this week announced the start of a roadshow for its debut green bond later this month.
  • Rating: A3/A+/A
  • Equity block trading in Emea reopened on Wednesday evening with a €114m sale of stock in Parques Reunidos, the Spanish leisure park operator that was one of the poorly performing IPOs of last year. But surprisingly, other deals have not appeared.
  • GlobalCapital is saddened to report that Romain Etienne, a FIG syndicate banker at Morgan Stanley, died suddenly this week. We would like to pass on our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
  • China’s WuXi BioLogics is looking south of the border to Hong Kong to go public, preparing an IPO that could raise $300m, according to a banker close to the deal.
  • Arle Capital Partners reopened the equity block trade market in Emea for 2017 on Wednesday evening by offering a €114m block of shares in Parques Reunidos, the Spanish leisure park operator.
  • SSA
    KfW and Ireland brought euro deals on Wednesday at the very top end of size expectations, alleviating a little of the pressure on what is set to be an extremely busy year in the currency. The trades came the same day as Municipality Finance mandated for a euro benchmark and a request for proposals came from the European Financial Stability Facility.
  • India’s two main stock exchanges are set to start 2017 on a positive note, with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) likely to launch a $200m deal this month and National Stock Exchange (NSE) bringing a jumbo $1bn IPO in the second quarter.
  • Volvo Cars, the Swedish car company owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding of China, has raised Skr5bn ($530m) in a private placement of preference shares, which might be converted to listed shares if Volvo completes an IPO.
  • Australian casino tycoon James Packer sold his stake in Melco Crown Entertainment, his Asian joint venture with Hong Kong magnate Stanley Ho, in a $669.9m overnight bookbuild on Thursday.
  • Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, the Argentine airport operator, is looking to return to bond markets in 2017 with a 10 year deal of up to $400m.