Banks consider delaying Middle East ECM deals as US/Iran tension grows

Sam Kerr

January 06, 2020 01:00 pm

Headlines of the NY Daily News and the NY Post report on Saturday, January 4, 2020 on the killing in a U.S. drone attack of Gen. Qassem Soleimani. a top military leader of Iran. (ÂPhoto by Richard B. Levine) | Richard B. Levine/SIPA USA/PA Images

A weekend of hostile rhetoric between Iran and the US has caused equity capital markets bankers to consider delaying new deals from the Middle East despite a healthy issuance pipeline, over fears that the two countries are gearing up for war.

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Equity IPOs Equity Middle East Saudi Arabia Emerging Markets EMEA Middle East Equity EM Middle East GCC

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