Bloomberg Postal Savings Bank of China Co. is seeking as much as $8.1 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering, which could become the world’s biggest share sale this year. The Beijing-based bank is offering 12.1 billion shares at HK$4.68 to HK$5.18 apiece, according to terms for the deal obtained by Bloomberg on Tuesday. Cornerstone investors, who commit ...
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13 September
Banks may face 10% capital requirement hike
Bloomberg Banks may face an increase of about 10 percent in their capital requirements as a result of the overhaul of risk-assessment rules under way at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, according to Philippe Heim, chief financial officer of Societe Generale SA. The Group of 20 nations and the Basel Committee’s oversight body “want to concretely deliver reform ...
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13 September
Kenyan Central Bank sets CBR as the base rate for loan charges
Bloomberg Kenya’s central bank said lenders should peg their loans to its Central Bank Rate, or CBR, in line with a new law capping costs and as the International Monetary Fund warned that legislation limiting how much lenders charge for credit risks impeding access to loans. East Africa’s biggest economy has introduced restrictions on borrowing costs that set commercial ...
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13 September
Airlines strive to cut Canada’s fares
Bloomberg Travel nearly anywhere in the world, and you’ll find cheap airlines offering no-frills service, from European giant Ryanair Holdings Plc to Peach Aviation Ltd. in Japan, Flynas in Saudi Arabia, and Spirit Airlines Inc. in the U.S. But head north of the border, and the aviation landscape is untouched by ultralow-cost airlines. Canada ranks among the world’s most ...
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13 September
Qantas poised for first Aussie bond sale since ratings upgrade
Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd. is considering selling its first Australian-dollar bond since the improved fortunes engineered by Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce prompted rating firms to return the company’s credit score to investment-grade status. Australia’s biggest carrier, which has been buoyed by cost cuts and a global slump in fuel prices, will talk with fixed-income investors from next Wednesday and ...
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13 September
Malaysia mulls $1bn spending to improve airports
Bloomberg Malaysia plans to spend about $1 billion over the next five years to refurbish and expand its airports as the Southeast Asian country paces infrastructure growth with a surge in passenger traffic, its main airport operator said. “My main terminal may require some upgrade,†said Badlisham Ghazali, managing director of state-controlled Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd., referring to Kuala ...
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13 September
Samsung blames small battery flaw for prompting Note 7 recall
Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. blamed a minor battery manufacturing flaw for prompting a global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and is seeking more time to investigate the cause behind its deepest crisis in years. The Korean company outlined the preliminary findings in a report to the country’s technology standards agency that hasn’t previously been released. Initial conclusions ...
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13 September
Ikea targets China, India expansion to meet sales growth aim
Bloomberg Ikea Group laid out plans to accelerate its expansion in China and open its first store in India as the world’s largest furniture retailer seeks to boost sales by almost 50 percent over the next four years. In China, where the company opened its first store almost two decades ago, sustained growth will enable an accelerated pace of ...
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13 September
Billionaire Kuok to seek $500 million cinema unit sale
Bloomberg Billionaire Robert Kuok is seeking a buyer for Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn., Malaysia’s largest movie theater chain, in a deal that could fetch as much as $500 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. PPB Group Bhd., a Kuala Lumpur-listed company controlled by the Malaysian tycoon, has received first-round bids for the cinema business, according to one ...
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13 September
China to be first trillion-dollar air market: Boeing
Beijing / AFP China will become the world’s first trillion-dollar aviation market as its expanding middle class takes to the skies in ever greater numbers, US manufacturer Boeing predicted on Tuesday. The world’s most populous country is expected to add more than 6,800 new aircraft to its commercial fleet worth $1.03 trillion by 2035, Boeing said in its annual ...
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