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HKBN, or Hong Kong Broadband Network, plans to start gauging investor appetite for its IPO of around $600m in early to mid-February, say bankers on the listing. -
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The Swiss National Bank’s decision to abandon its euro peg on Thursday is likely to cripple earnings at Switzerland’s two international investment banks. But it could deliver an unexpected capital boost as well, changing the game as the two institutions race to meet onerous capital rules imposed in the “Swiss finish”.
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Sunrise Communications Group, the Swiss telecom firm, decided on Thursday to press ahead with its Sfr1.35bn initial public offering, even as the Swiss stock market fell nearly 9% after the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly abandoned its ceiling for the Swiss franc against the euro.
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China Huarong Asset Management and China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (CRSC) are lining up to take the Hong Kong market by storm this year, with both companies looking to bring multi-billion dollar IPOs soon.
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Three shareholders in Luye Pharma Group have raised a collective HK$775.6m ($100m) by selling some of their shares in the company, which made its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in July last year. Books for the block only remained open for an hour, but that was long enough for the deal to be multiple times covered despite the stock being offered at a very tight discount.
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Philippine real estate company Ayala Land raised Ps16bn ($356.2m) through a top-up placement of shares on the evening of January 9, in what was the first large Asian block trade of the year. Driven by reverse enquiry, the deal saw strong demand from the market soon after books opened, with shares holding up well in secondary.
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Sunrise Communications Group, the Swiss telecom firm based in Zurich, intends to float on SIX Swiss Exchange in the first half of this year, as it joins the long list of issuers that have announced this week their intentions to float.
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Global Ferronickel Holdings, the Philippines’ third largest nickel producer in terms of volume shipped, is set to give a big boost to the country’s ECM market, having filed for a Ps27bn ($602m) IPO and setting the maximum price at which it will sell the shares.
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China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (CRSC), which helps to develop and control the country's railways industry, is seeking a Hong Kong IPO worth $1.5bn-$2bn in the middle of this year, with confidence already high that the response from the market will be more than positive.
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Santander raised €7.5bn of new equity capital last week — an important deal under any circumstances. But most significantly, the deal was done as an accelerated bookbuild or block trade — something that had never been attempted on this scale outside the US. Equity bankers were impressed — and other issuers will be emboldened by Santander’s example.
