Europe’s equity-linked market waits for rates boost

Aidan Gregory

August 22, 2018 10:30 am

Draghi_ECB_PS_230x150 — (180727) -- FRANKFURT, July 27, 2018 (Xinhua) -- The European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi attends a press conference at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 26, 2018. The ECB Thursday decided to maintain the key interest rates for the euro area, expecting them to remain at their present levels at least through the summer of 2019. (Xinhua/Luo Huanhuan) (lrz) | Luo Huanhuan/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images

The volume of new equity-linked deals in Europe is down significantly this year compared with the same period in 2017, but market participants hope for a recovery when the ECB starts raising rates.

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Deutsche Bank UBS Equity Europe EMEA Société Générale Equity-Linked

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