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Bloomberg Banco Santander SA reminded investors that juicy bonds can come with nasty surprises. The Spanish lender rattled the bank Additional Tier 1 market by saying it will skip an option to call 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) of perpetual contingent-convertible notes next month, sending the bonds tumbling. The announcement came right at the deadline for a decision, after the …

Bloomberg Indonesia’s largest airport operator is looking to spend billions of dollars to build a new facility in Jakarta and upgrade the existing one to cater to an unprecedented travel boom and compete with neighboring countries for tourism revenue. Angkasa Pura II, the state-owned operator of 16 airports across Indonesia, will conclude a feasibility study for a greenfield airport in …

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates will link Phnom Penh (PNH) and Bangkok (BKK) with its new daily service set to launch on June 1,. The service from Dubai to Phnom Penh, via Bangkok, will provide passengers travelling between the capital cities of Cambodia and Thailand with more flight options. Travellers from both Southeast Asian nations will also enjoy access to …

Bloomberg Onex Corp., Canada’s largest publicly traded private equity firm, is planning a sale of Advanced Integration Technology that could fetch more than $1.5 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Onex is working with advisers on an auction for the maker of manufacturing equipment for the aerospace industry, said the people, who asked not to be identified …

Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai said the e-commerce giant has experienced limited impact from China’s broader economic slowdown as more and more business moves to the internet. “Our business is delinked” from Chinese economy because “we’re in e-commerce and we’re digitizing the whole sector,” Tsai said in San Francisco. Tsai said the company’s growth would continue …

Bloomberg Cole Haan’s most recent debt offering shows investors will still lend to at least some aging clothing brands. The footwear company is a bright spot in an industry that’s been marred by failures — Nine West is mired in bankruptcy while Payless is preparing to file for a second time. But Cole Haan, a brand that dates back to …

Bloomberg Long simmering tension within Air France-KLM erupted into the open after managers at Dutch arm KLM warned of possible strikes and employee unrest should Pieter Elbers be removed as head of the unit. “The possibility of an unexplainable, involuntary departure of our CEO brings a lot of tension in the workforce,” a group of managers wrote in a letter …

Bloomberg Stocks extended gains around the globe on Wednesday after President Donald Trump signaled a more conciliatory stance towards China, fueling hopes of a breakthrough in the trade war when talks get underway later in the week. The dollar edged higher along with Treasuries. Futures on the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones climbed as investors awaited earnings reports from …

Bloomberg Beijing is walking a tightrope between reviving its downbeat equity market and engineering another bubble. China’s securities regulator has started to remove many of the curbs designed to keep out speculators, signaling an end to the highly restrictive era that started when a boom in the country’s stocks turned to bust in 2015. The result has been an intensifying …

SHARJAH / WAM The real estate sector in the Emirate of Sharjah has seen a big boom with 54,125 transactions valued at AED22.5 billion ($6.13 billion) in 2018, as per the annual realty transactions report revealed by the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Directorate. The real estate deals sealed last year covered over 52 million square feet, while the mortgages transactions …