Institutions get privatisation discount as Romanian retail pays up

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Institutions get privatisation discount as Romanian retail pays up

The bookrunners of the L164.7m ($49.8m) Transelectrica secondary public offer were on Thursday celebrating Romania’s first successful capital markets privatisation deal of the year — but not without regrets. The deal structure and demand dynamics led to the unfortunate spectacle of thousands of retail investors paying more for their shares than a handful of international institutions.

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