HSBC Holdings has proposed taking Hang Seng Bank private for HK$155 (US$19.92) a share in cash.

BondAuction and The Housing Finance Corporation have announced a partnership to use the tech startup's novel new issue process that aims to move beyond traditional syndication practices for non-government issuers by allowing investors to register their interest in deals directly on the platform with a precise bid. 

UK banks and other car finance providers are facing a bill of £11bn to compensate consumers for unfair loans sold between 2007 and 2024, including an estimated £2.8bn cost of administering the payouts.

Standard Chartered has appointed co-head of corporate and investment banking Roberto Hoornweg as chief executive of the division.

Long-end buyers have welcomed the Flemish Community's new 25-year in a market low on public non-sovereign (or quasi-sovereign) duration deals.

Turkish banks continue to pound away in the primary markets, with no sense of investors getting weary of buying new issues.

BondAuction and The Housing Finance Corporation have announced a partnership to use the tech startup's novel new issue process that aims to move beyond traditional syndication practices for non-government issuers by allowing investors to register their interest in deals directly on the platform with a precise bid. 

Uniti Group is preparing its second securitization as the US fiber services provider works to restructure its debt to cut interest costs and raises funds to upgrade its networks.

Ashland Place Finance on Tuesday issued its second aviation loan securitisation further taking this year's supply from the sector past the total for the whole of 2024.  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comments on whether it is time to relax disclosure requirements to encourage more public-registered offerings of non-agency mortgage bonds.

US asset-backed issuance rang up its biggest third-quarter volume in the post-credit crisis era as issuers continued to take advantage of favourable funding conditions and keen investor demand.

Long-end buyers have welcomed the Flemish Community's new 25-year in a market low on public non-sovereign (or quasi-sovereign) duration deals.

The Czech Republic has ended its long absence from ESG bond markets with a rare sovereign social bond issue. 

The UN Environment Programme has launched a tool to help banks engage with clients on nature, underscoring the growing focus on nature-related disclosure in the financial services industry. 

The International Finance Corp’s recent collateralised loan obligation is set to ramp up the fledgling multilateral development bank securitisation market, ushering in regular issuance, new names and even potential commingled deals with multiple loan originators.

Investors in Verisure’s €3.155bn Nasdaq Stockholm IPO secured a handsome return on debut on Wednesday, with shares in the home security business closing up 20.8%.

A banker on the oversubscribed €702.6m IPO of German prosthetics business Ottobock said the deal "couldn't have gone better so far" ahead of trading on Thursday.

Fintech platform Optasia has launched the year's first IPO on the Johannesburg exchange that is expected to value the company at around R63bn (US$3.67bn).

The books for LG Electronics India's Rs116bn (US$1.31bn) IPO were covered 1.04 times on the first day on Tuesday. 

Factoring and supply chain finance, once considered savvy tools for companies to manage cashflow, are once again under the microscope of leveraged loan investors after the spectacular blowup of US auto parts supplier First Brands. 

Syndicated lending in EMEA totalled US$1.01trn in the first nine months of the year, a 16.9% increase on the previous year, according to LPC data, as the market proved resilient in the face of tariff volatility.

Global Infrastructure Partners has launched a US$530m loan to construct a data centre in Thailand, the first syndicated loan that will fund the kingdom’s emergence as South-East Asia’s second-largest market for the rapidly growing industry.

US borrowers raised over US$845bn via the broadly syndicated loan market in the third quarter, a 5% decrease compared to the second quarter, but a 21% jump compared to a year ago, pushing issuance for the first nine months of the year to US$2.54trn.