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Equity IPOs

Vantage Towers closes hot IPO but investors left hungry

Investors were left disappointed when Vantage Towers, the telecoms towers division of Vodafone, closed its Frankfurt IPO on Thursday. Despite attracting huge demand, a tight allocation strategy left many equity funds with little or no shares.

Sam Kerr, March 18, 2021
EM Middle East

ESG in CEEMEA: 'the ship is moving and people do not want to miss it'

Despite the disruption that the coronavirus pandemic and, more recently, volatility in global markets have brought to emerging market debt, issuers in the CEEMEA region are not backing away from their pivot towards ESG financing. Though concerns about greenwashing are holding the market back, new sustainability-linked and transition structures are tempting issuers.

Mariam Meskin, March 18, 2021
Investment Grade Loans

Nat Grid plans debt splurge to fund £7.8bn purchase

National Grid, the UK utility, is planning a loan-funded £7.8bn acquisition of the UK’s largest electricity distribution business from US firm PPL Corp. The deal could see £2.7bn of the utility’s assets sold to PPL.

Mike Turner, March 18, 2021
Regulatory Capital

Piraeus sets sights on AT1

Piraeus Bank is hoping to raise €600m of additional tier one capital as part of a set of actions aimed at strengthening its balance sheet. This week’s announcement comes a few months after the Greek lender had to convert €2bn of government-held contingent convertibles into equity.

Tyler Davies, March 18, 2021
Asia

KfW returns to CNH market with public green deal

German state-owned development bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) made a rare public green outing in the offshore renminbi market this week, raising Rmb1.25bn ($192m) from a deal that saw strong participation from green and ESG investors.

Addison Gong, March 18, 2021
Asia

CréditAg faces up to bond market volatility for senior preferred Panda return

Crédit Agricole has sealed its third senior preferred Panda bond in the China market on a particularly challenging day that caused eight domestic deals to be postponed, amid lingering default concerns and rising government bond yields. Addison Gong reports.

Addison Gong, March 18, 2021
ABBs-Block Trades

Embracer Group taps video game hype with $900m share sale

Embracer Group, the Swedish video games developer, has placed Skr7.6bn ($900m) of new shares with investors to finance its ongoing growth.

Aidan Gregory, March 18, 2021
ABBs-Block Trades

Russian hypermarket Lenta mulls share sale

Russian hypermarket and grocery store chain Lenta is considering a share sale to boost the freefloat of its stock and raise capital to finance acquisitions.

Aidan Gregory, March 18, 2021
Asia

JPM names new Aus M&A vice-chairman

JP Morgan has hired Mark Carlile as vice-chairman of mergers and acquisitions for its Australia and New Zealand franchise, according to an internal memo.

Jonathan Breen, March 18, 2021
Asia

Bilibili heats up HK’s secondary listing market with $3bn deal

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has had a stellar week, hosting two secondary listings worth about $6bn in total in quick succession. The latest out of the gate is Chinese video sharing and gaming platform Bilibili, which kicked off a potential $3bn float within hours of internet giant Baidu wrapping up its multi-billion-dollar deal. Jonathan Breen reports.

Jonathan Breen, March 18, 2021
Asia

Spac rap and Musk music? Time to sell

A wise investor once told me: when your taxi driver is recommending a stock, it’s time to sell. The idea is that once retail investors have spotted a big opportunity, it has already evaporated. What about when they’re playing it on the car radio?

Taipan, March 18, 2021
Asia

Indo NBFIs ready loan market comeback as economic recovery fuels fundraising

Indonesian multi-finance companies are ready to charge back into the loan market after a quiet 2020, as the country’s economy picks up and consumer sentiment improves. Banks are also ready to accept borrowers from the sector, but there are challenges ahead, writes Pan Yue.

Pan Yue, March 18, 2021

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