Morgan Stanley
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China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) is holding off the planned $1bn spin-off of its dredging unit in Hong Kong until next year amid questions about its alleged involvement in land reclamation work in disputed islands in the South China Sea.
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Thailand’s Star Petroleum Refining successfully wrapped up its Bt13bn ($365m) IPO on Thursday. But while the trade was oversubscribed, it decided not to go ahead with an increase and greenshoe option.
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Morgan Stanley has made a series of high level changes to its business with Eric Ma taking the helm as vice-chairman for southeast Asia, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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Solvay, the Belgian chemical company, enjoyed the benefit of the European corporate bond market's blistering return to form this week, when it raised €3.25bn of hybrid and senior debt for its acquisition of Cytec Industries.
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The corporate dollar market ground to a halt ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday as investors moved to risk-off mode after Vodafone pulled a deal and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East kept borrowers on the sidelines.
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Azelis, the Antwerp-headquartered speciality chemicals distributor, had commitments due at 5pm Thursday for its seven year euro term loan, having flexed the pricing on all first lien debt.
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Coopération Pharmaceutique Française, the French pharmaceuticals distributor known as Cooper, has bank meetings scheduled on Wednesday for more than €350m of new debt for its leveraged buyout by Charterhouse.
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Exor, the BBB+ rated, listed holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, issued a benchmark seven year bond on Thursday.
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Bank of Qingdao priced its HK$4.7bn ($606.5m) IPO at the bottom of guidance on November 25, leaning on a heavy cornerstone tranche and investors from Hong Kong and China to get over the finish line.
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Azelis, the Antwerp-headquartered speciality chemicals distributor, has commitments due at 5pm today (Thursday) for its seven year euro term loan, having flexed the pricing on all first lien debt.
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Scandic Hotels, the Nordic hotel operator that started taking orders for its IPO on November 17, has released a covered message to investors, a lead banker said on Wednesday.