Saudi Aramco taps banking giants for world's biggest IPOSaudi Aramco, the world's leading integrated energy and petrochemicals enterprise, is asking banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and HSBC Holdings to pitch for an advisory role on its initial public offering (IPO) as it pushes ahead wit More… |
UK energy firm Centrica nets $1bn in surprise share saleBritain's largest energy supplier Centrica raised 700 million pounds ($1.01 billion) in a surprise share sale on Thursday to pay off debt and protect its credit rating after being hit by weak energy prices and tough retail market competition More… |
AirAsia to raise $257m through share saleMalaysian budget airline AirAsia Bhd has agreed to raise 1 billion ringgit ($257 million) through a share sale to its founders as part of a strategy to cut debt, one day after Reuters reported the company planned to raise funds. A More… |
Iraq to raise cash for port project through share saleIraq plans to help raise funds to build the Faw container port terminal on the Gulf by selling shares in the company behind the project, as low oil prices squeeze the government's finances, officials said on Saturday. The term More… |
Zain Iraq mulls share sale after Baghdad listingThe owners of Zain Iraq, the country's biggest mobile phone operator by subscribers, aim to sell 25 per cent of the company's shares after it joins Baghdad's bourse, parent firm Zain said on Tuesday. Iraq's three m More… |
Damac raises $348m in London share saleDubai's Damac said it raised $348 million from its London share offer on Tuesday, a lukewarm response to the first share sale by a Dubai property firm since the emirate's real estate crash four years ago. The luxury housin More… |
Saudi firms get approval for share saleSaudi Arabia's market watchdog has approved share sales by two companies based in the kingdom that will take place before the end of the year, the first such listings since May. Bawan Company, a Riyadh-based building materials More… |
Sembcorp HV picks HSBC for Oman share saleHSBC Holdings has been appointed to manage a public share offer of a joint venture firm that owns and operates a $1 billion water and power project in Oman, two banking sources said on Tuesday. Singapore's Sembcorp Utilities, More… |
Britain to launch public sale of Lloyds, RBSBritish finance minister George Osborne will launch the early sale to the public of shares in bailed-out lender Lloyds Banking Group, the Sunday Times reported without citing sources. Shares the government owns in Royal Bank of Sc More… |
NBK Capital exits Turkey hospital chainNBK Capital, a leading bank in Kuwait, has announced the sale of its equity stake in Dunya Goz, Turkey’s largest ophthalmology hospital chain, to the founding shareholder. This is yet another realization for NBK Capital Equi More… |