May, 2021

• 6 May

  Insects eat airport food waste to make fish feed

  Bloomberg A Singaporean company will feed airport food waste to crickets and mealworms before turning them into fish feed, aiming to cut the country’s use of imported feed and offer a sustainable alternative. Blue Aqua International will partner dnata, an air and travel services provider, to convert organic waste from its catering and ground handling operations at Singapore’s Changi Airport …

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• 6 May

  Jessica Alba’s Honest, investors raise $413 million in IPO

  

  Bloomberg The Honest Co, the personal care brand co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, raised $413 million in an initial public offering priced within a marketed range. The company and its shareholders sold about 25.8 million shares for $16 each, according to a statement confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. The shares had been marketed for $14 to $17, with the …

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• 6 May

  Steinhoff seeks $1.2b from Pepco’s IPO

  Bloomberg Steinhoff International Holdings is looking to raise as much as 4.6 billion zloty ($1.2 billion) by listing its European discount retail arm Pepco Group in Poland, capitalising on increased demand for discount goods amid the coronavirus crisis. The South African retailer and other holders plan to sell 101.3 million existing shares, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. …

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• 6 May

  Citigroup’s Australia unit draws interest from major local banks

  

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc’s retail operations in Australia are drawing interest from a host of local lenders, according to people familiar with the matter. National Australia Bank and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., the country’s third- and fourth-largest lenders by value, are in talks with Citigroup over the assets, the people said, asking not to be identified as the …

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• 6 May

  Italy mulls boosting tax benefits for buying loss-making banks

  

  Bloomberg Italy is mulling extending the fiscal benefits for banking mergers and acquisitions it introduced at the end of last year, according to a draft decree seen by Bloomberg. The move could further entice potential buyers of state-owned Banca Monte Paschi di Siena SpA, which Italy must sell before the end of 2021 as part of an agreement with the …

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• 6 May

  Westpac probed by regulator on insider trading allegations

  

  Bloomberg Australia’s securities regulator is probing Westpac Banking Corp on allegations of insider trading, just months after the country’s second-biggest lender paid a record fine to settle breaches of anti-money laundering laws. The allegations relate to Westpac’s role in executing a A$12 billion ($9.3 billion) interest-rate swap transaction with a consortium of AustralianSuper Pty Ltd and a group of IFM …

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• 6 May

  BofA shuffles leadership in mergers and acquisitions

  Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) named new leaders for its global mergers and acquisitions business as investment-banking fees surge to a record. Patrick Ramsey, head of global M&A, was promoted to chairman of global M&A alongside Steve Baronoff, according to a memo from Matthew Koder, who runs the corporate and investment bank. A company spokesman confirmed the contents of …

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• 6 May

  Thailand holds rates, warns on growth amid Covid wave

  

  Bloomberg Thailand’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for an eighth straight meeting, warning its forecast for an economic recovery was threatened by the country’s biggest virus wave since the pandemic began. The Bank of Thailand held the policy rate on Wednesday at 0.5% in a unanimous decision, as expected by all 22 economists in a Bloomberg survey. …

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• 6 May

  ANZ bank profit rises by $2.3bn

  Bloomberg Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd’s (ANZ) first-half profit climbed as the lender wound back bad debt provisions made during the pandemic and the country’s economic recovery builds. Cash earnings from continuous operations rose to A$3 billion ($2.3 billion) in the six months through March 31, compared with A$1.4 billion in the same period a year earlier, according …

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• 6 May

  RBNZ to tighten lending further as house prices soar

  

  Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank (RBNZ) said it’s prepared to further tighten mortgage lending restrictions if needed to rein in the country’s red-hot housing market. The Reserve Bank would use loan-to-value ratios or new tools currently under consideration to restrict the amount of money banks can lend for house purchases, the RBNZ said in its semi-annual Financial Stability Report on …

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