-- チャイナ・ウォーター・アフェアーズ・グループ（香港証券取引所：0855）は、2030年満期の利回り5.875％の優先社債を1億5000万ドル追加発行する予定である。
今回の追加発行される社債は、2025年10月に発行された既存の1億5000万ドルの社債と統合され、単一のシリーズを構成することになる。
この債券は元本の95.384%で発行され、年利5.875%の利子が付与され、2030年10月22日に満期を迎える。
同社は、この資金を、並行して実施する公開買付けの資金および一部の海外債務の返済に充てる予定であり、残りの資金は、同社のGreen & Blue Financing Frameworkに基づき、適格なグリーンプロジェクト、特に給水プロジェクトに充てられる予定である。
Total new residential mortgage lending in New Zealand rose to NZ$9.5 billion in March from NZ$6.64 billion in February, according to data from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand released on Wednesday.Residential mortgage lending to first home buyers rose to NZ$1.99 billion in March from NZ$1.39 billion in the previous month. Lending to other owner-occupiers increased to NZ$5.49 billion from NZ$3.92 billion.Residential mortgage lending to investors rose to NZ$1.89 billion from NZ$1.25 billion, while that for business purposes increased to NZ$134 million from NZ$82 million.Total new residential lending at a loan-to-valuation ratio above 80% came in at NZ$1.38 billion in March for all borrower types, up from NZ$981 million in February.Residential mortgage lending, where the loan-to-valuation ratio is equal to 80% or below, was NZ$8.12 billion for all borrower types, up from NZ$5.65 billion in the previous month.
Bank of Zhengzhou (HKG:6196, SHE:002936) posted net profit attributable to equity shareholders of 1.07 billion yuan for the first quarter, up 5.4% from 1.02 billion yuan a year earlier, according to a Tuesday Hong Kong bourse filing.Shares of the lender were up 2% in late-morning trade on Wednesday.Earnings per share came in at 0.12 yuan, compared with 0.11 yuan a year earlier.Operating income rose 1% to 3.51 billion yuan from 3.48 billion yuan in the prior-year period.
Beach Energy's (ASX:BPT) Waitsia gas plant in Western Australia reached nameplate capacity of 250 terrajoules per day, according to a Wednesday statement from the company.Waitsia is a joint venture project with operator MEPAU, and Beach holds a non-operated interest.The plant has the capacity to deliver the equivalent of nearly one quarter of the state's domestic natural gas demand, per the statement.The company's shares fell 1% in recent trading on Wednesday.