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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng is selling a chunk of new American Depository Shares (ADS) to fund research and development and further expansion. -
European banks will have longer than expected to correct the fallback language in their dollar-denominated additional tier ones (AT1s), now that dollar Libor has been given an extra 18 months to live.
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Flutter Entertainment, the parent of bookies Paddy Power and Betfair, has returned to the equity capital markets with a £1.1bn share sale to finance its acquisition of a stake in FanDuel Group, the New York-based fantasy sports and online casino company.
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Dada Nexus, which operates on-demand retail and delivery platforms in China, raised $450m this week after selling a chunk of new equity.
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The dollar bond market is wide open for companies to take advantage of strong demand and a rally in spreads, boosting hopes for a busy end to a record year for investment grade issuance.
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Baker Bros Advisors, a shareholder in Chinese biopharmaceutical company BeiGene, has raised $340.1m from a sell-down of the firm’s American depositary shares.
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A rotation into some cyclical stocks has lifted equity markets of late. But investor returns overall are still heavily reliant on a small basket of tech stocks with sky high valuations and any retreat from these names in a hurry could prompt a stock market rout.
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The merger of S&P Global and IHS Markit, announced on Monday, will create a larger data provider for financial markets.
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MUFG is overhauling personnel and its business model to try to escape a cycle of low returns, writes David Rothnie.
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US corporate bond bankers predict a final flurry of issuance before year end, though there have been no deals this week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, and after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin moved to stop some quantitative easing.
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More airlines are expected to issue new shares and convertible bonds over the coming months as the industry prepares for a recovery in 2021, spurred by the widespread availability of Covid-19 vaccines.
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Stuart Taylor, who helped set up bond market data business Algomi, has joined MUFG's global markets business as head of electronic trading.
