Bloomberg Neoen SA, the renewable energy project developer controlled by French billionaire Jacques Veyrat, plans to raise about $525 million in an initial public offerin. The company will use the proceeds to fund its plans to add capacity at its power plants, Paris-based Neoen said.

Bloomberg Investors stung by the sell-off in gold are going to need more than cheap equities and stabilising bullion prices to wade back into mining-company stocks. Bullion has slipped 8.2 percent this year as a stronger dollar and expanding global economy diminished demand for the metal as a haven. Miners have fared even worse, with the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Gold …

Bloomberg Two of the year’s worst-performing Asia-Pacific currencies are poised to enter the fourth quarter with dramatically different support from their central banks. New Zealand officials are expected to keep the possibility of a rate cut on the table when they meet on Thursday, wary of a slump in business confidence even as growth has shown recent signs of picking …