Bloomberg Macquarie Infrastructure Corp (MIC) is seeking bids for services provider Atlantic Aviation, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Atlantic could fetch as much as $4 billion, including debt, if suitors value the company at a similar multiple to rival Signature Aviation Plc, some of the people said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public. ...

Bloomberg China is finally reaching the finish line in its long-delayed attempt to build a jet capable of competing with narrowbody planes from Airbus SE and Boeing Co, according to the state-owned company in charge of the program. Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac) will deliver its first C919 single-aisle jet by the end of the year, Communist Party-backed newspaper ...

Bloomberg Air Canada dropped 6.2%, the most since December 21, as the Canadian government considers tougher measures to limit travel into the country because of new variants of Covid-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet have talked openly about tightening rules to discourage international trips. The country requires anyone boarding a flight to Canada to have a ...

Bloomberg Online greeting-card retailer Moonpig Group Plc and its shareholders plan to raise as much as 384 million pounds ($524 million) in an initial public offering in London, part of a rush of European companies looking to capitalise on robust stock markets and pandemic-fuelled sales growth. Moonpig is marketing as many as 113 million shares at 310 pence to 350 ...

Bloomberg UBS Group AG plans to buy back as much as 4 billion francs ($4.5 billion) of shares over the next three years, bolstering shareholder returns after income from managing client assets and investment banking propelled gains at the world’s largest wealth manager. The lender is doubling the size of a previous repurchase program and said it expects to buy ...

Bloomberg African Bank Holdings Ltd. reported a full-year loss a day after announcing the unexpected resignation of Basani Maluleke, the only Black women to lead one of South Africa’s top banks. The unsecured lender swung to a 560 million-rand ($37 million) loss in the 12 months through September, compared with a year-earlier profit of 267 million rand, Johannesburg-based African Bank ...

Bloomberg The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will seek to balance supporting economic growth and curbing emerging risks, Governor Yi Gang said, signalling a continuation of the central bank’s existing policy stance. “Going forward, China’s monetary policy will, on one hand, adjust to new economic developments in a timely manner, and on the other hand maintain policy stability to avoid ...

Bloomberg The race to succeed UniCredit SpA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jean Pierre Mustier is accelerating, with the Italian bank trimming its list of preferred candidates to just three or four after high-profile names such as Tidjane Thiam dropped out of contention. The bank is now seeking to name a successor earlier than its initial target of February 10, according ...

Bloomberg Australia’s central bank is worried an extended period of very low interest rates could spur borrowers to take on more debt than they can handle — particularly if lending standards slip and risk appetite increases. Documents under a Freedom of Information request show the Reserve Bank of Australia saw risks in its decisions to cut the key interest rate ...

Bloomberg Europe’s central banks are ramping up their efforts to support green finance as authorities contemplate how to fight climate change while rebuilding their economies after the pandemic. The latest initiative includes a fund launched by the Bank for International Settlements for green-bond investments by central banks. The European Central Bank (ECB) committed to buy into the initiative, and announced ...